indiscretion
音标：
英音/ ˌɪndɪˈskreʃn / 美音/ ˌɪndɪˈskreʃn /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Both pointed out that the damage was costing hundreds of thousands of pounds for a small indiscretion.
两人都指出，一个小小的不检点行为就造成了数十万英镑的损失。
—BBC
Some China watchers have wondered if these two potential explanations could be combined: that rivals within the Communist Party have used this moral indiscretion to get him.
一些中国观察家想知道这两种可能的解释是否可以结合起来：共产党内部的竞争对手利用这种道德上的轻率行为来抓捕他。
—BBC
Not to apologize for the son’s youthful indiscretion but to engage in a sneering, hypocritical attack on the officials conducting the election.
不是为儿子年轻时的轻率行为道歉，而是对负责选举的官员进行冷嘲热讽、虚伪攻击。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
noun
the trait of being injudicious
轻率；言行失检
同义词：
injudiciousness,peccadillo
短释义：
You’ll often hear the word indiscretion used when referring to politicians or public figures caught in a scandal. Used this way, the word implies poor judgment for both the wrong and the fact that the politician got caught. If you are going to commit an indiscretion, it’s best to be a bit discreet, or subtle, about it.
如果你做出了轻率的行为，那么你就是在做错事，这表明你缺乏判断力。也许偷糖果是你的第一次不检点行为。很可能这不会是你的最后一次。
长释义：
You’ll often hear the word indiscretion used when referring to politicians or public figures caught in a scandal. Used this way, the word implies poor judgment for both the wrong and the fact that the politician got caught. If you are going to commit an indiscretion, it’s best to be a bit discreet, or subtle, about it.
当提到卷入丑闻的政客或公众人物时，你经常会听到“不检点”这个词。用这种方式，这个词意味着对错误和政客被抓这一事实的错误判断。如果你打算做出不检点的事，最好谨慎一点，或者微妙一点。
文学例句：
Thanks to The Beaver, people eventually forget about all of Mel Gibson’s pathetic indiscretions as a man, and start talking about him as a star again.
感谢海狸，人们最终忘记了梅尔·吉布森作为一个男人的所有可悲的轻率行为，并开始再次谈论他作为一个明星。
—Mel Gibson leaves it to The Beaver by ???
“Ah! I may mention without indiscretion, I hope, that I noticed the colour of your dressing gown on the way from Aleppo to Stamboul. A pale mauve, I believe.”
“啊！我希望我可以毫不失礼地提到，我在从阿勒颇到斯坦布尔的路上注意到了你晨衣的颜色。我相信是淡紫红色。”
—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Normally, I was thrilled to get pizza—it was pretty much the best dietary indiscretion ever—but I could feel Dad watching me at every bite, flaring his nostrils.
通常情况下，我会很高兴能吃到披萨——这几乎是有史以来最好的饮食不当行为——但我能感觉到爸爸在我吃每一口的时候都在注视着我，他的鼻孔张开。
—Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
词源：
indiscretion (n.)mid-14c., “want of discretion, imprudence,” from Old French indiscrecion “foolishness, imprudence” (12c.), from Late Latin indiscretionem (nominative indiscretio) “lack of discernment,” from in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + discretionem “discernment, power to make distinctions” (see discretion). Meaning “indiscreet act” is from c. 1600.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
indiscretion (n.)mid-14c., “缺乏自由裁量权，轻率”，源自古法语 indiscretion “愚蠢，轻率” (12c.)，源自后期拉丁语 indiscretionem (主格 indiscretio) “缺乏洞察力”，源自 in- “不，与“相反”（参见-（1））+discretionem“辨别力，做出区分的权力”（参见自由裁量权）。意思是“不检点的行为”来自c。 1600.相关条目及更多
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