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

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.

noun

Improvement is the production of endless study and gaffe.
提高是不断学习，舍得出丑的产物。
His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
他失态的场景已在网上疯传。
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。
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。
I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
我不清楚我犯了什么错误。
He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.
他没意识到自己已出乖露丑。
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。
Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
道歉出现在失误后不久。
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。
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。