peccadillo是什么意思？

peccadillo

英[ˌpekəˈdɪləʊ] 美[ˌpekəˈdɪloʊ]

• n. 轻罪，小过失；

复数：peccadilloes; peccadillos;

例句

• For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat. 由于这次过失,他被降了级,又被打发去干徒步巡警了.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  轻罪；过失；失误
  Peccadilloes are small, unimportant sins or faults.
  例句
  People are prepared to be tolerant of extra-marital peccadilloes by public figures. 人们可以容忍公众人物婚外的不检点行为。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  轻罪,小过失
  For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat. 由于这次过失，他被降了级，又被打发去干徒步巡警了。 His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage. 他的小过失最终毁灭了他的婚姻。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a petty misdeed