indiscretion

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in·dis·cre·tion /ˌɪndɪˈskreʃən/ AWL noun

[countableC, uncountableU]MISTAKE an action or remark that shows a lack of good judgment, especially one that is morally unacceptable 不谨慎的言行；〔尤指道德上〕有失检点的言行

Earl describes his past links with the racist group as a youthful indiscretion.

厄尔认为他过去和种族主义团体有联系是年少不懂事。

rumours of the former president’s sexual indiscretions

关于前总统性生活不检点的谣传

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indiscretion• After all, indiscretion is only the flowering of desperation.• The point rather is to ensure that raw partisanship does not amplify indiscretions as justification for a kind of schoolyard payback.• But his indiscretions had been minor in that regard, no more than a piece of cornbread, a sliver of chocolate.• They correctly argue that the club should not suffer for his indiscretion while at Chelsea.• Headlong, hell-for-leather indiscretion.• I instantly regret my indiscretion and beg him to keep the news to himself.• A story of indiscretion and retribution set in windswept Cornwall.• The attendant, now well into his second bottle of vodka, decided to ignore Myeloski's indiscretion.• She confessed that she had committed a minor sexual indiscretion.• sexual indiscretions• He dismissed his past association with racist groups as a youthful indiscretion.

youthful indiscretion• Dodd says his involvement in the racist group was just youthful indiscretion.• We are not talking youthful indiscretion here.

in·dis·cre·tion noun

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