gaffe
美 [ɡæf] 
英 [ɡæf]
词形变化
复数：gaffes 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 失礼；失态；失言a mistake that a person makes in public or in a social situation, especially sth embarrassing |
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例句
Michael Kinsley once defined a political gaffe as the moment "when a politician tells the truth" and is embarrassed by it.
迈克尔-金斯利（MichaelKinsley）曾将“政治乌龙”定义为“政治家讲了真话”并因此感到难为情。
A mild secular analog, he says, might be an executive who commits a horrific social gaffe at the instant of a crucial promotion.
一种温和的世俗分析认为，这也许像一个公司高层在经历了突然的提升之后开始有了一种心理上的失衡。
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。
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。
I now realize that I should have had the courtesy to acknowledge my gaffe and apologize, but words failed me at the time.
我现在已经意识到自己应该有礼貌地承认自己的失礼，然后表达歉意，但是当时却说不出这样的话来。
"You know what I mean" is considered the biggest verbal gaffe by 15% of the population.
15%的民众认为“你知道我的意思”是最大的言语过失。
Twenty years after Khrushchev's outburst, the Cold War was still raging and America was due for her own linguistic gaffe.
赫鲁晓夫咆哮后的二十年，冷战还在蔓延，这次轮到美国被翻译耍弄了。
Deputy director seems to want me in the face gaffe .
似乎想让我在赵副局长面前出丑。
If the president's misstep in France counted as a gaffe, other false moves have led to calamity.
如果巴基斯坦总统在法国的错误被视为失态行为，那么其他的错误举动则导致了灾难。
Just after midday today, we witnessed the gaffe that may eventually come to be seen as Gordon Brown's defining moment as prime minister.
今天中午，我们见证了戈登·布朗当中出丑，这次事件最终会成为布朗首相职业生涯中的一个重要时刻。
"He makes us look ridiculous before the whole world, " the newspaper said, adding that the comment was "a racist gaffe . "
该报称：“贝卢斯科尼让我们在全世界面前显得非常滑稽。”该报还称，贝卢斯科尼所言是一种“种族主义言论”。
Over the centuries, the Vatican has tried, often grudgingly and always in vain, to correct its Galileo gaffe.
几百年来，梵蒂冈多次尝试纠正在伽利略问题上所犯的过失，态度通常都比较勉强，而且无一例外均以失败告终。
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。
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。
His Indian trip was extraordinarily gaffe-prone for someone so schooled in the art of public relations.
对于一个深谙公关之道的人来说，他在出访印度时不寻常地多次失言。
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。
Improvement is the production of endless study and gaffe.
提高是不断学习，舍得出丑的产物。
The face of my gaffe, I think he should have shocked the bar!
面对我的失态，我想他应该愣住了吧！
It also got posted on YouTube (just type "gaffe" and "Welsh" ).
这段视频还被贴到了YouTube上。（只要输入“gaffe”和“Welsh”就可以搜到）。
Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
道歉出现在失误后不久。
I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
我不清楚我犯了什么错误。
Still wanna thank you , although i have said too many times tonight, please forgive my gaffe.
谢谢你，虽然我知道我今晚说了太多次了，请原谅我的失态。
But that one was a relatively easy gaffe to spot. D- Will honestly should have been there from the start.
但这只是相对轻松的一点调整。坦率地说，威廉姆斯应该一开始就出现在那个位置上。
His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
这一次的失态像病毒一样在互联网上风传。
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。
Reid, who is resisting calls for his resignation, described the gaffe as a "poor choice of words. "
瑞德顶住了让他辞职的声讨，并把他的失言解释为“一时词穷”。
He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.
他没意识到自己已出丑了。
The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste(Mary McCarthy)
那次谈话中的离题在他看来太出丑了，简直就是失去理智后的胡言乱语，毫无高尚趣味可言（玛丽·麦卡锡）
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。
Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London elected in May, still seems somewhat gaffe-prone;
五月当选伦敦市市长的保守党分子鲍里斯约翰逊仍然常常丑态百出；
Tort Law; Doctors' Gaffe; Identification Standard; Burdon of Proof;
侵权法；医生过失；认定标准；举证责任；
