gaffe

简单释义：

n.失礼；失态；失言

网络过失；出丑；社交上失言

变形：

复数：gaffes  

完整释义：

n.

1.〔法语〕 过失,不慎的言行,出丑

例句：

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. Tort Law; Doctors' Gaffe; Identification Standard; Burdon of Proof;
   侵权法；医生过失；认定标准；举证责任；

4. 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。

5. 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。

6. 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。

7. 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。

8. Deputy director seems to want me in the face gaffe .
   似乎想让我在赵副局长面前出丑。

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