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
- Twitter declined to comment on how the gaffe had occurred, with a spokesman for the US based company saying that the site does not comment on individuals accounts.
Twitter拒绝对这一乌龙事件发表评论,公司的一名发言人说Twitter不会对个人账号发表评论。 - 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。 - 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。 - The social sages, who follow rules docilely, care in every moment for their appearance, they fear to commit any gaffe in their social activity.
循规蹈距的社会贤达,时时刻刻地关怀自己的仪容,恐怕有失态之举。 - 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。 - President Barack Obama has apologized for a gaffe in which he described his bowling skills as akin to participants in the Special Olympics, a sports program for people with intellectual disabilities.
美国总统奥巴马日前(在接受采访时)自嘲保龄球技与特奥会运动员差不多,之后他为自己的这番言论道歉。特奥会是专门为智障人士举行的体育赛事。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
他失态的场景已在网上疯传。