For a time, the peccadillo reportedly cut in half her asking price for AD work.
犯下小小疏失,有一阵子,据传她的广告方面的身价削减了一半。
In actual operation, there are so many factors which could influence the reliability of high-strength bolts that one peccadillo could endanger the safety of wind turbines.
实际应用过程中,由于影响高强度螺栓联接可靠性的因素较多,稍有不慎就可能危及风力机运行的安全。
近义词
n.
misdemeanorvenial sin
同根词
词根 peccant
peccable
adj. 易犯过失的;易犯罪的
peccant
adj. 犯罪的;有过失的
百科
1. peccadillo是一个英语单词,是名词,意思是轻罪,小过失。
释义
n.
a small, relatively unimportant offence or sin
轻罪;过失,小错。
词源
"late 16th cent.: from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado ‘sin', from Latin peccare ‘to sin’."