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gaffe

英 [ɡæf]

美 [ɡæf]

n.  失礼; 失态; 失言

复数:gaffes 

GRE

BNC.23744 / COCA.19567

牛津词典

    noun

    • 失礼;失态;失言
      a mistake that a person makes in public or in a social situation, especially sth embarrassing

      柯林斯词典

      • N-COUNT 失态;失礼
        Agaffeis a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.
        1. He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
          他在上周末的会议上出了洋相,狼狈不堪。
        2. ...social gaffes committed by high-ranking individuals.
          高层人士在社交场合的一些失态行为
      • 泄露秘密;走漏消息
        If youblow the gaffeorblow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.

        英英释义

        noun

        双语例句

        • BBC staff are being trained on the correct way to report the Queen's death in a bid to avoid another embarrassing gaffe.
          英国广播公司的工作人员正在接受培训,如何以正确的方法来报告女王死讯,以免带来另一场尴尬失态。
        • Turns out we committed an awful gaffe yesterday.
          看起来我们昨天出了个大丑。
        • And the tech press, jarred by an entrepreneur teething on the hands that chose not to feed it, covered him like it would a politician making a Kinsley gaffe.
          而科技媒体被创业者的痛楚所震动,对他的报道就好像对一位“意外吐真言”的政客。
        • The second gaffe was to choose to resolve disputes not in China but in an arbitration court in Stockholm.
          第二个过失是,选择在斯德哥尔摩的一家仲裁庭,而不是在中国解决纠纷。
        • He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
          他在上周末的会议上出了洋相,狼狈不堪。
        • Over his career he was renowned for telling jokes, summing up issues with memorable lines, and making the odd gaffe.
          在他的职业生涯中,他因善于开玩笑,妙语连珠和时不时的出丑而出名。
        • Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
          道歉出现在失误后不久。
        • Journalist Michael Kinsley famously defined a political gaffe as when a politician tells the truth& some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say.
          记者迈克尔·金斯利曾有一句著名的论断,他说,政客的失态就是说了实话&而且是一些不该说的大实话。
        • Mr Berlusconi's mastership of the public gaffe has also been extended to President Obama, whom he memorably described as "young, handsome and tanned".
          贝卢斯科尼一向“语出惊人”,就连奥巴马也难逃他的“毒舌”,他曾评价奥巴马“年轻、帅气、皮肤黝黑”,这一评价实在令人“难忘”。
        • All officials were waiting to see Beigong She's gaffe.
          文武百官于是都在旁等着看北宫奢如何出丑。