gaffe

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  • n.
    失礼,出丑

单词词源

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。

双语例句

1. This was an extraordinary gaffe .
这是个不可思议的失礼。
2. 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。
3. 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”。

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