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
- His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
他失态的场景已在网上疯传。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
道歉出现在失误后不久。 - 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。 - Turns out we committed an awful gaffe yesterday.
看起来我们昨天出了个大丑。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。