fault: implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit: a woman of many virtues and few ~s.


failing: suggests a minor shortcoming of character of which one may be unaware: procrastination is one of my ~s.


frailty: implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation: a fondness for choclate is the most human of ~s. (注意是chronic不是cle, fondness介词for)


foible: applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy: his ~ made him more respectable. (注意是idiosyncrasy不是idiosyncracy)


vice: can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a  moral code or the giving of offence to moral sensibilities of others: gambling and drunkenness were the least of his ~s.

fault缺点: 性格行为习惯等方面没有达到完美标准，不一定有过错，failing: 小缺点，可能不自知的，frailty脆弱: 长期一贯容易屈从于诱惑(general chronic proneness to yield to temptation)，foible小缺点: 无害甚至可爱的弱点或个性，vice缺点或酒色: 可泛指一般不完美弱点，但常表示违反道德准则或冒犯他人道德感如例句吃喝嫖赌。


记忆方法：1）首字母记忆FFFFV中4F想成4个方向，V想成玩: 到处玩耍==>缺点


         2） 缺点的意思是性格中的不完美或弱点mean an imperfection or weakness of character.