gaffe
英[gæf]
美[gæf]
意思解释
n. 失礼，出丑
变化形式
复数： gaffes
中文词源
gaffe 失礼
原义为钩子，同gaff. 失礼义词源不详，可能是来自拟声词，鸭子叫声，拙劣的说话。
用法例句
- This was an extraordinary gaffe .
- 这是个不可思议的失礼。
- A difference accentuated by mr romney 's 47 % gaffe , which struck at the core of the male-female divide .
- 罗姆尼先生的47%失态所突出的差异，击中雌雄分水岭的核心。
- In the disaster that later unfolded , mr. hayward became a lightning rod for criticism after his poor performance before a congressional panel and an infamous gaffe in which he complained ' I want my life back ' against a backdrop of economic suffering and hardship in the gulf region .
- 在美国国会的一个专门委员会作证时，他表现很差；而在墨西哥湾地区遭遇灾难之际，他又失态地说“我想恢复我的生活”。