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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
我不清楚我犯了什么错误。 - Some executives may be out of business. Following the embarrassing Christmas Day gaffe, several senior editorial staff was suspended.
有些主管人员也许被停职了。在圣诞节出丑之后,几个主要的编辑被停职。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。