gaffe
英
[ɡæf]
美
[ɡæf]
- n. 过失；失态；出丑；失言
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gaffe的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：
详尽释义
n. (名词)
- <法>失态，失礼，出丑
- 过失
- 失言，不慎的言行
- 加夫（音译名）
英英释义
Noun:
-
a socially awkward or tactless act
gaffe的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词 (n.)
- I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
我不清楚我犯了什么错误。 - He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.
他没意识到自己已出乖露丑。 - Don't make gaffe here, we can discuss about this question at home.
别在这里出丑,这问题我们回家再谈。 - She resigned not long after that gaffe.
她在那次失言后不久便主动请辞。
经典引文
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I had obviously said the wrong thing, committed a gaffe.
出自：Blackwood's Magazine -
He gave her a piece of jewellery, and by a clerical gaffe the bill went to his wife.
出自： C. P. Snow
