gaffes

英 [gæfs]

美 [gæfs]

n.  失礼; 失态; 失言
gaffe的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 失态；失礼
  Agaffeis a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.
  1. He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
     他在上周末的会议上出了洋相，狼狈不堪。
  2. ...social gaffes committed by high-ranking individuals.
     高层人士在社交场合的一些失态行为
• 泄露秘密；走漏消息
  If youblow the gaffeorblow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.

双语例句

• Aso, who is also Abe's deputy, has form in offending various sections of the electorate, although criticism of his gaffes tends to run like water off aduck's back.
  麻生是安倍的副手，他已经冒犯了几个区的选民，即使他的口误已经像滴在鸭子羽毛上的水消失的无影无踪了。
• In a country ruled by sometimes extraordinarily apathetic politicians, the media has been tenacious in rounding on leaders and exposing their gaffes and insensitivity following the attacks.
  统治印度的政客们有时表现得异常冷漠，但媒体紧紧盯住领导人，并踢爆恐怖袭击后他们的失态和人情淡漠的行为。
• Japanese public opinion was inflamed by a series of gaffes in the days after the death, when Schindler decided not to co-operate fully with local investigators, or even offer apologies, until it had identified the cause of the malfunction.
  迅达在死亡事故后数日内的一系列不慎言行，激怒了日本公众舆论迅达决定，在该公司验明故障原因之前，不与当地调查机构进行全面合作，甚至也不道歉。
• This may be a bad characteristic when it comes to landing a top job but, given that gaffes are now the number one way of ending a high-profile career, it is a pretty useful trait for survival.
  在争取高级职位时，这或许算不上优点，但鉴于失言如今已成为显赫职业生涯的头号杀手，这个特征对于保全职业生涯可谓非常有用。
• And management's defenses lack of resources, work loads, communication gaffes are the same excuses they would never accept from their own reports.
  管理层的说辞资源少、工作负荷、沟通中的误会都是自己根本不会接受的借口。
• His six-month premiership has already been rocked by a series of scandals and gaffes.
  他作为日本首相上任6个月以来已卷入一系列的丑闻和言语过失之中。
• The husband of the Queen of England is notorious for his gaffes while on state visits to other countries.
  这位英国女皇的丈夫以他在别国访问时的失态臭名昭着。
• Early in the campaign, she made a series of foreign-policy gaffes.
  在竞选早期，她犯下一系列的外交政策错误。
• If the Republican looks and sounds like an American statesman abroad, and, most important, avoids any obvious gaffes, his tour will have served its purpose.
  如果这位共和党人看起来和听起来都像是一个出访的美国政治家，而且最重要的是，他能避免任何明显的失误，那么他的巡演已经达到了初衷。
• Yet a series of gaffes and surprises on the Republican side, coupled with unexpectedly strong campaigns from their opponents, has diminished their chances.
  但是共和党内发生的一系列失误和突发事件，加上他们的对手意外地打了几场强有力的选战，使得共和党的机会开始减少。