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

• 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。
• President Barack Obama has apologized for a gaffe in which he described his bowling skills as akin to participants in the Special Olympics, a sports program for people with intellectual disabilities.
  美国总统奥巴马日前（在接受采访时）自嘲保龄球技与特奥会运动员差不多，之后他为自己的这番言论道歉。特奥会是专门为智障人士举行的体育赛事。
• Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
  道歉出现在失误后不久。
• Journalist Michael Kinsley famously defined a political gaffe as when a politician tells the truth& some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say.
  记者迈克尔·金斯利曾有一句著名的论断，他说，政客的失态就是说了实话&而且是一些不该说的大实话。
• 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。
• Improvement is the production of endless study and gaffe.
  提高是不断学习，舍得出丑的产物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。