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

• His six-month premiership has already been rocked by a series of scandals and gaffes.
  他作为日本首相上任6个月以来已卷入一系列的丑闻和言语过失之中。
• After two years in Egypt, I had developed a sense of humor about my inevitable social gaffes, but they were still embarrassing.
  我在埃及呆的这两年，已经对我所演绎的社交丑态脸皮厚到一定程度了，尽管他人依旧尴尬。
• 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。
• Early in the campaign, she made a series of foreign-policy gaffes.
  在竞选早期，她犯下一系列的外交政策错误。
• 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。
• First, there were his easily exploited gaffes.
  首先，他有不少失言，很容易被人利用。
• And management's defenses lack of resources, work loads, communication gaffes are the same excuses they would never accept from their own reports.
  管理层的说辞资源少、工作负荷、沟通中的误会都是自己根本不会接受的借口。
• Japanese public opinion was inflamed by a series of gaffes in the days after the death, when Schindler decided not to co-operate fully with local investigators, or even offer apologies, until it had identified the cause of the malfunction.
  迅达在死亡事故后数日内的一系列不慎言行，激怒了日本公众舆论迅达决定，在该公司验明故障原因之前，不与当地调查机构进行全面合作，甚至也不道歉。
• Robertson said that Blatter should resign, particularly given Blatter's repeated gaffes and wider concerns over corruption and corporate governance.
  罗伯森说布拉特应该辞职，特别是布拉特一直以来都面临腐败和合谋的指责。
• If the Republican looks and sounds like an American statesman abroad, and, most important, avoids any obvious gaffes, his tour will have served its purpose.
  如果这位共和党人看起来和听起来都像是一个出访的美国政治家，而且最重要的是，他能避免任何明显的失误，那么他的巡演已经达到了初衷。