gaffe

英 [ɡæf] 美 [ɡæf]

• n. 过失；失态；出丑；失言

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. <法>失态，失礼，出丑
2. 过失
3. 失言，不慎的言行
4. 加夫（音译名）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a socially awkward or tactless act

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
   我不清楚我犯了什么错误。
2. He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.
   他没意识到自己已出乖露丑。
3. 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。
4. 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

• 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

近反义词

【近义词】

• solecism 语法错误
• faux pas 失礼
• blunder 大错
• mistake 错误
• error 错误
• clanger 过失
• howler 嚎叫的人或动物...
• bloomer 正在开花的植物...
• boo-boo 愚蠢的错误
• blooper <非> 过失
• slip 滑倒
• gaucherie 笨拙