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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And the tech press, jarred by an entrepreneur teething on the hands that chose not to feed it, covered him like it would a politician making a Kinsley gaffe.
  而科技媒体被创业者的痛楚所震动，对他的报道就好像对一位“意外吐真言”的政客。