- gaffe
- [ɡæf]
- n. 失态；过失
参考例子
- 1.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。
- 2.The second gaffe was to choose to resolve disputes not in China but in an arbitration court in Stockholm.
- 第二个过失是，选择在斯德哥尔摩的一家仲裁庭，而不是在中国解决纠纷。
- 3.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。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.a socially awkward or tactless act
网络释义
- gaffe
- 失礼; 过失; 失态; 出丑;
- drop a brick gaffe make a show of oneself
- 出丑;