gaffe
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɡæf]
- 美式音标 [ɡæf]
- 国际音标 [ɡæf]
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基本解释
- n. 失态；过失
- n. (Gaffe)人名；(法)加夫
词根记忆
- gaff(鱼叉) + e→像用鱼叉刺人→失言，失态
英汉例句
- Add it to the list of ill-advised statements from the gaffe-happy mayor that, months later, he finds himself in just such a Britain.
当这位失态的市长发表这份缺根弦儿的声明的几个月后，他发现自己所在的伦敦真的成那个样子了。 - Having been embarrassed once by such a gaffe, you might have thought that Apple would have cracked down hard on such careless behaviour.
已经因为过失而产生尴尬，你或许已经想到苹果公司将会严厉铲除此类粗心大意的行为。 - One user jokingly suggested that the gaffe was actually an attempt to cram more racial backgrounds into a single image.
其中一名用户开玩笑地说道，这个过失实际上是一种尝试，试着把更多的种族背景塞进一张图片中。 - Dan Plesch,director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at London's School of Oriental and African Studies, says the interview was a major gaffe.
- This one gaffe will not have everybody thinking that this war hero is a warmonger.
NPR: Writer: McCain Sees End to 'Cowboy Diplomacy' - In 2011 while Groupon was preparing to go public, it made gaffe after gaffe.
FORBES: Groupon Remains a Put On - In Tokyo, the government's spin-doctors have been trying to gloss over the prime minister's gaffe.
ECONOMIST: Japan plays the wrong China card
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权威例句
英英字典
- a remark or action that is a social mistake and not considered polite
- A gaffe is a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.
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专业释义
- 失礼