gaffe是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

n. 失礼；失态；失言

网络 过失；出丑；社交上失言

变形：

复数：gaffes  

完整释义：

n.

1.〔法语〕 过失,不慎的言行,出丑

例句：

1. Moments after the gaffe, an apology appeared.
   道歉出现在失误后不久。

2. History indicates that a bad performance, particularly a telling gaffe, can badly damage a candidate in the polls.
   历史表明，如果候选人表现不佳，特别是失言之举，会使他们在大选中严重受损。

3. Having been embarrassed once by such a gaffe, you might have thought that Apple would have cracked down hard on such careless behaviour.
   已经因为过失而产生尴尬，你或许已经想到苹果公司将会严厉铲除此类粗心大意的行为。

4. His Indian trip was extraordinarily gaffe-prone for someone so schooled in the art of public relations.
   对于一个深谙公关之道的人来说，他在出访印度时不寻常地多次失言。

5. Add it to the list of ill-advised statements from the gaffe-happy mayor that, months later, he finds himself in just such a Britain.
   当这位失态的市长发表这份缺根弦儿的声明的几个月后，他发现自己所在的伦敦真的成那个样子了。

6. Over his career he was renowned FOR telling jokes, summing up issues with memorable lines, and making the odd gaffe
   在他的职业生涯中，他因善于开玩笑，妙语连珠和时不时的出丑而出名。

7. I now realize that I should have had the courtesy to acknowledge my gaffe and apologize, but words failed me at the time.
   我现在已经意识到自己应该有礼貌地承认自己的失礼，然后表达歉意，但是当时却说不出这样的话来。

8. All officials were waiting to see Beigong She's gaffe.
   文武百官于是都在旁等着看北宫奢如何出丑。