gaffe
发音
英 [gæf]
美 [ɡæf]
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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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