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

• Over his career he was renowned for telling jokes, summing up issues with memorable lines, and making the odd gaffe.
  在他的职业生涯中，他因善于开玩笑，妙语连珠和时不时的出丑而出名。
• I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
  我不清楚我犯了什么错误。
• 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。
• His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
  他失态的场景已在网上疯传。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。