gaffe的读音 gaffe中文意思
英音
[gæf]
美音 [ɡæf]
n. 失礼，出丑美音 [ɡæf]
中文词源
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。
gaffe 用法和例句
- This was an extraordinary gaffe .
- 这是个不可思议的失礼。
- A difference accentuated by mr romney 's 47 % gaffe , which struck at the core of the male-female divide .
- 罗姆尼先生的47%失态所突出的差异，击中雌雄分水岭的核心。
- In the disaster that later unfolded , mr. hayward became a lightning rod for criticism after his poor performance before a congressional panel and an infamous gaffe in which he complained ' I want my life back ' against a backdrop of economic suffering and hardship in the gulf region .
- 在美国国会的一个专门委员会作证时，他表现很差；而在墨西哥湾地区遭遇灾难之际，他又失态地说“我想恢复我的生活”。
汉语翻译
n. 过失, 失态, 出丑英语解释
名词 gaffe:
- a socially awkward or tactless act同义词：faux pas, solecism, slip, gaucherie
例句
- He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.他没意识到自己已出乖露丑。
详细解释
gaffe 也作 gaff
n.（名词）A clumsy social error; a faux pas:失礼，失态：社交场合笨拙的错误；有失检点的话或行为：例句：.The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste.(Mary McCarthy).那次谈话中的离题在他看来太出丑了，简直就是失去理智后的胡言乱语，毫无高尚趣味可言.(玛丽·麦卡锡)
A blatant mistake or misjudgment.明显的错误或错误判断
来源：French 法语 from Old French [hook] * see gaff 源自 古法语 [鱼钩] *参见 gaff