记忆方法
为了记忆单词“peccadillo”，可以创造一个记忆钩子，比如将“peccadillo”分解为“pec-”和“-cadillo”。想象一种小动物的尾巴（“cadillo”），这只动物的尾巴因为做了一些小坏事（“pec”近似于“bad”的发音）而受到责备。这个故事将“peccadillo”与“小事、小过失”的意思联系起来，便于记忆。
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中文词源
peccadillo 小罪过，岔子，小错
来自西班牙语pecado,罪过，罪恶，-illo,小词后缀，来自拉丁语peccare,犯错，错误，犯罪，可能来自pedica,脚，脚链，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,biped,impeach.其原义可能为不慎跌倒，摔倒，后引申词义犯错，罪过，罪恶。
英语词源
- peccadillo (n.)
- "slight sin," 1590s (earlier in corrupt form peccadilian, 1520s), from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado "a sin," from Latin peccatum "a sin, fault, error," noun use of neuter past participle of peccare "to miss, mistake, make a mistake, do amiss; transgress, offend, be licentious, sin," perhaps literally "to stumble," from PIE *ped-ko-, suffixed form of root *ped- (1) "foot" (see foot (n.)).
权威例句
- 1. 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.