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词汇 peccadillo
释义 peccadillo
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌpek.əˈdɪl.əʊ/ us /ˌpek.əˈdɪl.oʊ/pluralpeccadillos or peccadilloes
a small fault or mistake, or something that someone does wrong that is not very serious: 小错误,过失
a youthful peccadillo年轻时犯的小错误
He dismissed what had happened as a mere peccadillo.他只把发生的事当作一个小过失而不予理会。
Synonym
indiscretion
Compare
sinnoun(MORALS)
venialformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Faults and mistakes
(that's) your hard luckidiom
aberration
Achilles heel
adrift
black mark
blemish
errata
erratum
error
failing
false move
loophole
malaprop
miscue
misfunction
misperception
that's/it's your funeral!idiom
typo
uncorrectable
uncorrected

Examples of peccadillo


peccadillo
But this is a peccadillo.
Undeclared work must no longer remain a mere peccadillo.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Is this a peculiar peccadillo of mine or is there some objective reason for believing that the means are crucial?
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If we waste our time in pettifogging peccadilloes we shall not get the houses but a revolution.
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Possibly this is so, but taken in conjunction with one or two other minor peccadilloes it could be enough to tip the scales against him.
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He told me about some peccadillo for which he had been caned.
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Failing to declare work is no mere peccadillo.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We are not just referring to youthful peccadillos.
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Previously there may have been a great many peccadillos by children which were either dealt with domestically or not dealt with at all.
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Substantial fines are imposed for small peccadillos while criminals leave the courts laughing at the small fines which have been imposed upon them.
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Small peccadilloes become morally objectionable only if they directly injure another person or breed a bad habit.
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The next step will be to reduce it from a sin to a peccadillo.
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Moreover, in those more leisured days the political peccadilloes of the great could, without much harm, rank as a source of interest to all classes.
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He was arrested and put in a cell for 19 hours for a peccadillo.
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Peccadillos are one thing, but the commission of crimes is quite another.
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