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。
• Improvement is the production of endless study and gaffe.
  提高是不断学习，舍得出丑的产物。
• 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 social sages, who follow rules docilely, care in every moment for their appearance, they fear to commit any gaffe in their social activity.
  循规蹈距的社会贤达，时时刻刻地关怀自己的仪容，恐怕有失态之举。
• His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
  他失态的场景已在网上疯传。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Berlusconi's mastership of the public gaffe has also been extended to President Obama, whom he memorably described as "young, handsome and tanned".
  贝卢斯科尼一向“语出惊人”，就连奥巴马也难逃他的“毒舌”，他曾评价奥巴马“年轻、帅气、皮肤黝黑”，这一评价实在令人“难忘”。
• 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。
• 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。