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

• Turns out we committed an awful gaffe yesterday.
  看起来我们昨天出了个大丑。
• The gaffe is all the more irritating for the Republicans because they have just had a very successful convention.
  对共和党人而言，这一失言尤其让人恼火的是他们刚刚开完一场非常成功的全国代表大会。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
  他失态的场景已在网上疯传。
• 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。
• Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
  道歉出现在失误后不久。