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单词 peccadillo
释义
peccadillo
noun[C]
uk
/ˌpek.əˈdɪl.əʊ/us
/ˌpek.əˈdɪl.oʊ/
pluralpeccadillosorpeccadilloes
asmallfaultormistake, or something that someone doeswrongthat is not veryserious:
小错误，过失
ayouthfulpeccadillo年轻时犯的小错误
Hedismissedwhat hadhappenedas amerepeccadillo.他只把发生的事当作一个小过失而不予理会。
Synonym
indiscretion
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sinnoun
venialformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Faults and mistakes
  • aberration
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  • black mark
  • blemish
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  • failing
  • false move
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  • flaw
  • malaprop
  • miscue
  • misfunction
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  • misprint
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  • typo
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(Definition ofpeccadillofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpeccadillo

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But this is apeccadillo.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Undeclared work must no longer remain a merepeccadillo.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Is this a peculiarpeccadilloof mine or is there some objective reason for believing that the means are crucial?
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If we waste our time in pettifogging peccadilloes we shall not get the houses but a revolution.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He told me about somepeccadillofor which he had been caned.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Failing to declare work is no merepeccadillo.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are not just referring to youthful peccadillos.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Small peccadilloes become morally objectionable only if they directly injure another person or breed a bad habit.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The next step will be to reduce it from a sin to apeccadillo.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He was arrested and put in a cell for 19 hours for apeccadillo.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Peccadillos are one thing, but the commission of crimes is quite another.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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