1.轻罪;小过
1.an immoral action that is not very serious or harmful
1.The two economists also explain why professors get away with "turpitudinal peccadillos" like stealing office stationery.
阿尔钦和登姆塞茨还解释了教授偷取办公文具之类的“卑劣小伎俩”为何可以逍遥法外。
2.Tax peccadillos got him off to a bad start with lawmakers.
税务上的过失,使他与立法者有一个坏的开始。