gaffe
英 [ɡæf]
美 [ɡæf]
n. 失礼; 失态; 失言
复数：gaffes
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.- 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。 - ...social gaffes committed by high-ranking individuals.
高层人士在社交场合的一些失态行为
- He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
- 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
- Of course, his most famous gaffe was saying to a reporter that he would like his life back.
当然，他最著名的失态之举是对一位记者说，他想重回过去的生活。 - Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
道歉出现在失误后不久。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.
他一定得对今天早上极端失礼的行为进行补救。 - A political gaffe is most dangerous when it seems to confirm what voters already suspect.
当政治上的失言看上去证实了选民们已有的怀疑时，这种失言是最危险的。 - Turns out we committed an awful gaffe yesterday.
看起来我们昨天出了个大丑。 - 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。