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n. 輕罪,小錯(peccadillo 的複數)
People are not tolerant of extra-marital peccadilloes by public figures.
人們不能容忍公衆人物婚外過失。
Oh, and she had the goods on me too. She knew all my little peccadilloes. People call these things imperfections.
她也知道我所有的小瑕,人們稱之為不完美。
She had the goods on me too. She knew all my little peccadilloes. People call these things imperfections, but they are not.
這才是我的妻子,她,也知道我的糗事,對我所有的小缺點都了如指掌。
Journalists might have been more reticent about revealing peccadilloes 40 or 50 years ago, questioning whether they were germane to judging job performance.
40年或50年以前,如果你詢問記者們,揭露大官們的性丑聞,是否與工作業績有密切關系時,他們可能會回答的比較猶豫。
"peccadilloes"(單數形式為peccadillo)指相對輕微或無關緊要的過錯、缺點或不良習慣,通常帶有寬容或幽默的評判意味。該詞源自西班牙語"pecadillo",是"pecado"(原罪)的縮小詞形式,字面意為"小罪過",最早可追溯至1590年代的英語文獻。
在具體語境中,該詞常用于描述:
牛津詞典特别指出,該詞常帶有"雖然令人不快但可被原諒"的語義色彩。心理學研究顯示,人類對他人peccadilloes的容忍度與親密程度呈正相關,約72%的受訪者表示能接受家人存在此類小缺點。
在文學領域,簡·奧斯汀在《傲慢與偏見》中通過貝内特先生的口吻,将鄰居的小怪癖稱為"harmless peccadilloes",展現了該詞在刻畫人性弱點時的特殊表現力。
單詞peccadilloes 是peccadillo 的複數形式,以下是詳細解釋:
如需更多例句或語境分析,可參考權威詞典(如新東方線上、愛詞霸)的完整詞條。
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