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

• a socially awkward or tactless act
  Synonym:faux passolecismslipgaucherie

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• NARRATOR: Attlee, a mild-mannered Christian Socialist, gave Churchill's gaffe a sinister spin.
  旁白：艾德礼这位温文有礼的基督徒和社会主义者。
• I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
  我不清楚我犯了什么错误。
• Turns out we committed an awful gaffe yesterday.
  看起来我们昨天出了个大丑。
• 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。
• History indicates that a bad performance, particularly a telling gaffe, can badly damage a candidate in the polls.
  历史表明，如果候选人表现不佳，特别是失言之举，会使他们在大选中严重受损。
• 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。
• For the GOP, he's more like the gaffe that keeps on goofing.
  对大佬党来说，他更像一个不断出现过失的傻子。
• From the way she looked at me when I asked how much money she earned I realized I'd committed an awful gaffe.
  当我问她赚多少钱时，从她看我的样子，我了解到我非常的失言。