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

• 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”。
• His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
  他失态的场景已在网上疯传。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。