gaffe

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  • n.失态;失言;失礼

复数: gaffes

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noun

失礼;失态;失言
a mistake that a person makes in public or in a social situation, especially sth embarrassing

faux pas

gaffe

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 失态;失礼
    A gaffe is 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。

  • 2
    PHRASE 泄露秘密;走漏消息
    If you blow the gaffe or blow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.

noun

1
a socially awkward or tactless act
Synonym: faux pas solecism slip gaucherie

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  1. 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。

  2. 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。

  3. 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。

  4. The presidential candidate made three mistakes , or gaffes , during his speech .

    校长候选人在演讲中出了三次错,或失态

  5. When the microphones were on , gaffes gushed from his lips .

    而当电话响起,他却口无遮拦,屡屡失言

  6. Improvement is the production of endless study and gaffe .

    提高是不断学习,舍得出丑的产物。

  7. He didn 't realize what a gaffe he 'd made .

    他没意识到自己已出乖露丑。

  8. First , there were his easily exploited gaffes .

    首先,他有不少失言,很容易被人利用。

  9. Early in the campaign , she made a series of foreign-policy gaffes .

    在竞选早期,她犯下一系列的外交政策错误。

  10. But he is famous for his verbal gaffes and for talking too much .

    不过,他在讲话中经常失言和喋喋不休也尽人皆知。

  11. Apple eventually apologized for the Maps gaffe , and even recommended alternatives .

    苹果公司最终为地图错误致歉,甚至建议大家改用其他地图。

  12. His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet .

    他失态的场景已在网上疯传。

  13. 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。

  14. The best mistake I ever made was actually a series of gaffes when I was starting out my career .

    我犯过的最好的错误,是在职业生涯刚开始时,我干了一连串“傻事”。

  15. Turns out we committed an awful gaffe yesterday .

    看起来我们昨天出了个大丑。

  16. This is why they considered it a political gaffe , because most Americans think themselves extremely hardworking .

    这被认为是政治上的一派胡言。因为大部分美国人都认为自己十分勤奋。

  17. I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing .

    我不清楚我犯了什么错误。

  18. 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。

  19. Such gaffes and inexperience made Mr Kaczynski easy to lampoon .

    上述种种失态与缺乏经验,让卡钦斯基先生轻易成为讽刺的对象。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. Moments after the gaffe , an apology appeared .

    道歉出现在失误后不久。

  23. 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。

  24. After two years in Egypt , I had developed a sense of humor about my inevitable social gaffes , but they were still embarrassing .

    我在埃及呆的这两年,已经对我所演绎的社交丑态脸皮厚到一定程度了,尽管他人依旧尴尬。

  25. The husband of the Queen of England is notorious for his gaffes while on state visits to other countries .

    这位英国女皇的丈夫以他在别国访问时的失态臭名昭着。

  26. And management 's defenses lack of resources , work loads , communication gaffes are the same excuses they would never accept from their own reports .

    管理层的说辞资源少、工作负荷、沟通中的误会都是自己根本不会接受的借口。

  27. From the way she looked at me when I asked how much money she earned I realized I 'd committed an awful gaffe .

    当我问她赚多少钱时,从她看我的样子,我了解到我非常的失言。

  28. His six-month premiership has already been rocked by a series of scandals and gaffes .

    他作为日本首相上任6个月以来已卷入一系列的丑闻和言语过失之中。

  29. Graciously overlooking flaws , errors , and gaffes sets a sweetly gracious tone for your relationship .

    优雅地忽略这些缺点、错误和丑态,继而为你俩的关系奠定一个甜蜜且温馨的基调。

  30. 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。