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”。
• The hilarious gaffe shows the journalist with his head slumped on his chest as the studio news anchor tries without success to wake him.
  在那段令人捧腹的失态视频中，卢兹达头部低垂着，新闻工作室主播试图叫醒他却没有成功。
• 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。
• Improvement is the production of endless study and gaffe.
  提高是不断学习，舍得出丑的产物。
• His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
  他失态的场景已在网上疯传。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。