n.過失;失態;出丑;失言
第三人稱復數:gaffes
/">GRE英語詞匯單詞大全n.(名詞)失態,失禮,出丑
過失
失言,不慎的言行
加夫(音譯名)
gaffe在線翻譯
noun
1. a socially awkward or tactless act
Synonym: faux passolecismslipgaucherie
1. 失態;失禮
A gaffe is a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.
e.g. He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
他在上周末的會議上出了洋相,狼狽不堪。
e.g. ...social gaffes committed by high-ranking individuals.
高層人士在社交場合的一些失態行為
2. 泄露秘密;走漏消息
If you blow the gaffe or blow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.
1. 過失:gaff-topsail 頂帆 | gaffe 過失 | gaffer 老人
2. gaffe的近義詞
2. 失禮:gad 游蕩 | gaffe 失禮 | gag reflex 咽反射
3. 出丑:gaff-topsail 頂帆 | gaffe 出丑 | gaffemalpractice 失態
以上就是本站詳細整理的詞語gaffe是什么意思的翻譯解釋,供大家參考一下。
"You know what I mean" is considered the biggest verbal gaffe by 15% of the population.(15%的民眾認為“你知道我的意思”是最大的言語過失。)
Turns out we committed an awful gaffe yesterday.(看起來我們昨天出了個大丑。)
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。)
A mild secular analog, he says, might be an executive who commits a horrific social gaffe at the instant of a crucial promotion.(一種溫和的世俗分析認為,這也許像一個公司高層在經歷了突然的提升之后開始有了一種心理上的失衡。)
For the GOP, he's more like the gaffe that keeps on goofing.(對大佬黨來說,他更像一個不斷出現過失的傻子。)
His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.(他失態的場景已在網上瘋傳。)
Following the embarrassing Christmas Day gaffe, several senior editorial staff was suspended.(在圣誕節出丑之后,幾個主要的編輯被停職。)
The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe , a breach of sensibility and good taste&b{Mary McCarthy.(那次談話中的離題在他看來太出丑了,簡直就是失去理智后的胡言亂語,毫無高尚趣味可言(瑪麗麥卡錫))
MSNBC's Chris Matthews pointed out - as News Night's senior producer Jim Harper does in the episode - that this gaffe was, above all, a missed opportunity.(微軟全國廣播公司節目主持人克里斯·馬修斯指出——就如同在《新聞編輯室》中,《新聞之夜》的高級制片人吉姆·哈珀說的那樣——這是一次過失,最重要的是錯失了良機。)
History indicates that a bad performance, particularly a telling gaffe, can badly damage a candidate in the polls.(歷史表明,如果候選人表現不佳,特別是失言之舉,會使他們在大選中嚴重受損。)
I had obviously said the wrong thing, committed a gaffe.