a moment of weakness
ashorttimeduring which someone makes abaddecisionor does somethingbadthat they would notnormallydo:
短暂的失足；片刻的犯错Hekeptaskingme tohelphim, and in amomentofweaknessI said yes.他不停地请求我帮他，我心一软就答应了。
Decisions and deciding
- ascription
- balance
- be make or break forsomeone/somethingidiom
- be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom
- choose
- clinch
- fight
- fish
- fix
- if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
- in the balanceidiom
- judgment call
- judicial review
- make or breaksomethingidiom
- resolution
- toss up
- unadjudicated
- unelected
- volition
- volitional
Examplesofa moment of weakness
a moment of weakness
He is a man of known moderation, and inamomentofweaknessone might say that he is of saintly appearance.
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Of course, the addict must presumably haveamomentofweaknesswhen he first starts, but he is not always responsible for that.
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He once had everything going his way, but inamomentofweaknesshe lost everything.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inamomentofweaknessshe drinks a glass of wine, breaking her previous vow to never drink alcohol again.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inamomentofweakness, they have a romantic tryst.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Might there beamomentofweaknessin which the two might explore their chemistry?
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She also insists they are not a couple just from having slept together once inamomentofweakness, and that she will merely be lodging with him.
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