gaffe
英 [ɡæf]
美 [ɡæf]
n. 失礼; 失态; 失言
复数：gaffes
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.- 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。 - ...social gaffes committed by high-ranking individuals.
高层人士在社交场合的一些失态行为
- He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
- 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
双语例句
- 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。 - His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
他失态的场景已在网上疯传。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
道歉出现在失误后不久。 - 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。