gaffe

英 [gæf] 美

GRE

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。

Naturally, Emmons retired to the bar at the shooting venue to drink away his historic gaffe.: 埃蒙斯很自然地来到赛场所在地的酒吧里,想借酒浇愁,忘掉这历史性的耻辱.

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.

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

Following the embarrassing Christmas Day gaffe, several senior editorial staff was suspended.: 在圣诞节出丑之后, 几个主要的编辑被停职.

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.

He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.: 他一定得对今天早上极端失礼的行为进行补救.

The face of my gaffe, I think he should have shocked the bar!: 面对我的失态, 我想他应该愣住了吧!

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。

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。

4. 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。

5. He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.: 他一定得对今天早上极端失礼的行为进行补救.

gaffe (n.): "blunder," 1909, perhaps from French gaffe "clumsy remark," originally "boat hook," from Middle French gaffe (15c.), from Old Provençal gafar "to seize," probably from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *gaf-, which is perhaps from PIE *kap- "to grasp, catch" (see capable). Sense connection between the hook and the blunder is obscure; the gaff was used to land big fish. Or the Modern English word might derive from British slang verb gaff "to cheat, trick" (1893); or gaff "criticism" (1896), from Scottish dialect sense of "loud, rude talk" (see gaff (n.2)).

复数: gaffes;