gaffe

US [ɡæf]
UK [ɡæf]
  • n.失礼；失态；失言
  • Web过失；出丑；社交上失言
Plural Form：gaffes  

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gaffe
n.
1.
失礼；失态；失言a mistake that a person makes in public or in a social situation, especially sth embarrassing

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1.
A mild secular analog, he says, might be an executive who commits a horrific social gaffe at the instant of a crucial promotion.
一种温和的世俗分析认为，这也许像一个公司高层在经历了突然的提升之后开始有了一种心理上的失衡。
yī zhǒng wēn hé de shì sú fēn xī rèn wéi , zhè yě xǔ xiàng yī gè gōng sī gāo céng zài jīng lì le tū rán de tí shēng zhī hòu kāi shǐ yǒu liǎo yī zhǒng xīn lǐ shàng de shī héng 。
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2.
Having been embarrassed once by such a gaffe, you might have thought that Apple would have cracked down hard on such careless behaviour.
已经因为过失而产生尴尬，你或许已经想到苹果公司将会严厉铲除此类粗心大意的行为。
yǐ jīng yīn wèi guò shī ér chǎn shēng gān gà , nǐ huò xǔ yǐ jīng xiǎng dào píng guǒ gōng sī jiāng huì yán lì chǎn chú cǐ lèi cū xīn dà yì de xíng wéi 。
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3.
One user jokingly suggested that the gaffe was actually an attempt to cram more racial backgrounds into a single image.
其中一名用户开玩笑地说道，这个过失实际上是一种尝试，试着把更多的种族背景塞进一张图片中。
qí zhōng yī míng yòng hù kāi wán xiào de shuō dào , zhè ge guò shī shí jì shang shì yī zhǒng cháng shì , shì zhe bǎ gèng duō de zhǒng zú bèi jǐng sāi jìn yī zhāng tú piàn zhōng 。
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4.
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。
dāng zhè wèi shī tài de shì zhǎng fā biǎo zhè fèn quē gēn xián ér de shēng míng de jǐ gè yuè hòu , tā fā xiàn zì jǐ suǒ zài de lún dūn zhēn de chéng nà ge yàng zǐ le 。
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I now realize that I should have had the courtesy to acknowledge my gaffe and apologize, but words failed me at the time.
我现在已经意识到自己应该有礼貌地承认自己的失礼，然后表达歉意，但是当时却说不出这样的话来。
wǒ xiàn zài yǐ jīng yì shí dào zì jǐ yīng gāi yǒu lǐ mào de chéng rèn zì jǐ de shī lǐ , rán hòu biǎo dá qiàn yì , dàn shì dāng shí què shuō bù chū zhè yàng de huà lái 。
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6.
"You know what I mean" is considered the biggest verbal gaffe by 15% of the population.
15%的民众认为“你知道我的意思”是最大的言语过失。
bǎi fēn zhī shí wǔ de mín zhòng rèn wéi " nǐ zhī dào wǒ de yì si " shì zuì dà de yán yǔ guò shī 。
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7.
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。
hè lǔ xiǎo fū páo xiào hòu de èr shí nián , lěng zhàn hái zài màn yán , zhè cì lún dào měi guó bèi fān yì shuǎ nòng le 。
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Deputy director seems to want me in the face gaffe .
似乎想让我在赵副局长面前出丑。
sì hū xiǎng ràng wǒ zài zhào fù jú zhǎng miàn qián chū chǒu 。
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9.
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。
rú guǒ bā jī sī tǎn zǒng tǒng zài fǎ guó de cuò wù bèi shì wéi shī tài xíng wéi , nà me qí tā de cuò wù jǔ dòng zé dǎo zhì le zāi nàn 。
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Just after midday today, we witnessed the gaffe that may eventually come to be seen as Gordon Brown's defining moment as prime minister.
今天中午，我们见证了戈登·布朗当中出丑，这次事件最终会成为布朗首相职业生涯中的一个重要时刻。
jīn tiān zhōng wǔ , wǒ men jiàn zhèng le gē dēng · bù lǎng dāng zhōng chū chǒu , zhè cì shì jiàn zuì zhōng huì chéng wéi bù lǎng shǒu xiàng zhí yè shēng yá zhōng de yī gè zhòng yào shí kè 。
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