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pec·ca·dil·lo /ˌpekəˈdɪləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun (plural peccadilloes or peccadillos) [countable] MISTAKEsomething bad which someone does, especially involving sex, which is not regarded as very serious or important 小错误,小过失〔尤与性有关〕 The public is willing to forgive him for his peccadillos. 公众愿意原谅他的小过失。Examples from the Corpuspeccadillo• Equally if one lived in a society where everybody was constantly protesting against the smallest governmental peccadillo life would become intolerable.Origin peccadillo (1500-1600) Spanish pecadillo, from pecado “evil act”, from Latin peccare “to do evil”pec·ca·dil·lo nounChineseSyllable especially which does, bad involving sex, Corpus something which someone |