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单词 fallibility
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fallibility
noun[U]
uk
/ˌfæl.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌfæl.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
thepossibilitythat someone will makemistakesor that something will notworkas it should:
易错性; 不可靠性
Theplaydealswith the fallibilityofhumannature.该剧讲述了人性的易错性。
Hespokefranklyabout his own fallibility.他坦率地谈到自己也会犯错误。
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  • It's noteasytoadmitfallibility.
  • Theyknewall along thathumanfallibility hadcontributedto thedeaths.
  • Thehavoccreatedby thevirusprovidesafurtherreminderof the fallibility ofelectronicinformationsystems.
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(Definition offallibilityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffallibility

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It clearly allows for the possibility of legislativefallibility; legislators may create statutory rules whose applications they-individually or collectively- understand badly or not at all.
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Secondly, thefallibilityof the residents must be honoured while the care-givers struggle to preserve the strengths of the self (or selves) that remain.
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He also discussed the place of conjectural thinking and thefallibilityof mathematical reasoning.
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Restorative nostalgia envisions the reconstruction of a lost past, while reflective nostalgia centres on thefallibilityof memory and its loss.
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This concern in essence relates to thefallibilityof the assumption of zero mean in the error correction term, that is, the assumption of (1).
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Such considerations may include the facts of scarcity, noncompliance, indeterminacy, human vulnerability, andfallibility.
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He advocates the idea thatfallibilitycan be reconciled with the "a priori" and that conceptual 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.
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Instead, we have to reckon with finitude andfallibilitywithout surrendering reasonable hope for empirical knowledge.
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People who put their trust in ' practical ethicists ' and their theories are often quite unaware of ourfallibilityin this regard.
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Then, the group leader facilitates a discussion of "big picture" issues such as incompetence/confidence, perfectionism/fallibility, and guilt/absolution.
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For we have tasted our freedom and reason, as well as our ownfallibility.
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Conversely, the active form is often used when science writers want to emphasize theirfallibility.
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Technology, it is claimed, is not just an agent of human progress but can also present opportunities for displays of human sin andfallibility.
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Given humanfallibility, similar errors are likely to occur in the future.
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All we can do is muddle forward with some courage and an awareness offallibility.
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