peccadillo

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɛ.kəˈdɪ.ləʊ/    美 /ˌpɛ.kəˈdɪ.loʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small flaw or sin.
    — We tolerate Irene and Phil’s mild racist quirks and planet-destroying peccadilloes (“I could never own any car smaller than my Cutlass Supreme”) because their existence acts as a tranquilizer in an otherwise slightly-out-of-control world.
  2. A petty offense.
    — When he comes to the prayer, he sometimes does me the honor of personally recommending me to the Lord, advising him that I am a worthy man and begging him to condone my occasional peccadillos.

词形变化

peccadillos plural peccadilloes plural

词源

From Spanish pecadillo, diminutive form of pecado (“sin”), from Latin peccatum (“sin, error, fault”), from peccō (“to sin, offend”).
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