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. 失態;過失
- n. (Gaffe)人名;(法)加夫
词根记忆
- gaff(魚叉) + e→像用魚叉刺人→失言,失態
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.
儅這位失態的市長發表這份缺根弦兒的聲明的幾個月後,他發現自己所在的倫敦真的成那個樣子了。 - Having been embarrassed once by such a gaffe, you might have thought that Apple would have cracked down hard on such careless behaviour.
已經因爲過失而産生尲尬,你或許已經想到蘋果公司將會嚴厲鏟除此類粗心大意的行爲。 - One user jokingly suggested that the gaffe was actually an attempt to cram more racial backgrounds into a single image.
其中一名用戶開玩笑地說道,這個過失實際上是一種嘗試,試著把更多的種族背景塞進一張圖片中。 - 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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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
- 失禮