gaffes

英 [gæfs]

美 [gæfs]

n.  失礼; 失态; 失言
gaffe的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 失态；失礼
  Agaffeis a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.
  1. He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
     他在上周末的会议上出了洋相，狼狈不堪。
  2. ...social gaffes committed by high-ranking individuals.
     高层人士在社交场合的一些失态行为
• 泄露秘密；走漏消息
  If youblow the gaffeorblow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.

双语例句

• First, there were his easily exploited gaffes.
  首先，他有不少失言，很容易被人利用。
• Graciously overlooking flaws, errors, and gaffes sets a sweetly gracious tone for your relationship.
  优雅地忽略这些缺点、错误和丑态，继而为你俩的关系奠定一个甜蜜且温馨的基调。
• With confidence in private weather forecasters slipping in the wake of some prediction gaffes during the past couple of years, perhaps woolly worms can take up the slack.
  在过去数年间，不少气象预测闹出笑话后，民众对民间气象预测专家的信心也随之下降，现在或许可让毛毛虫来接手预报。
• In a country ruled by sometimes extraordinarily apathetic politicians, the media has been tenacious in rounding on leaders and exposing their gaffes and insensitivity following the attacks.
  统治印度的政客们有时表现得异常冷漠，但媒体紧紧盯住领导人，并踢爆恐怖袭击后他们的失态和人情淡漠的行为。
• Yet a series of gaffes and surprises on the Republican side, coupled with unexpectedly strong campaigns from their opponents, has diminished their chances.
  但是共和党内发生的一系列失误和突发事件，加上他们的对手意外地打了几场强有力的选战，使得共和党的机会开始减少。
• Translation verification testers are aware of the product metaphors and are capable of quickly reviewing translations in a side by side fashion in order to catch obvious gaffes.
  翻译验证测试员知道产品隐含意思，并且能够以并列方式快速地复查翻译以便找出明显的过失。
• Aside from basic procedural errors asking to many obvious questions, watching the house too closely the team had made some gaffes that seemed almost beyond belief.
  除了犯下一些基本的程序错误，比如向周围的人问了太多过于敏感的问题，对房屋的监视太近，他们还犯了一些看起来难以置信的错误。
• He was modest and charming in private, although visibly ill-at-ease on big public occasions and prone to gaffes and unnecessary controversies.
  他私下里平易近人，充满魅力，尽管在公共场合明显局促不安，容易失态并引发不必要的争论。
• But Smith crushes Gooden on PER this season, and isn't prone to mental gaffes the way Gooden is.
  但是史密斯在效率指数上超过古登，而且他也不太可能会犯古登那样的失误。
• Aso, who is also Abe's deputy, has form in offending various sections of the electorate, although criticism of his gaffes tends to run like water off aduck's back.
  麻生是安倍的副手，他已经冒犯了几个区的选民，即使他的口误已经像滴在鸭子羽毛上的水消失的无影无踪了。