gaffes

英 [gæfs] 美 [gæfs]

n.  失礼; 失态; 失言
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  1. N-COUNT 失态；失礼
    A gaffe is a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.
    1. 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。
    2. ...social gaffes committed by high-ranking individuals.
      高层人士在社交场合的一些失态行为
  2. 泄露秘密；走漏消息
    If you blow the gaffe or blow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.
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    双语例句

    1. The husband of the Queen of England is notorious for his gaffes while on state visits to other countries.
      这位英国女皇的丈夫以他在别国访问时的失态臭名昭着。
    2. And management's defenses lack of resources, work loads, communication gaffes are the same excuses they would never accept from their own reports.
      管理层的说辞资源少、工作负荷、沟通中的误会都是自己根本不会接受的借口。
    3. If the Republican looks and sounds like an American statesman abroad, and, most important, avoids any obvious gaffes, his tour will have served its purpose.
      如果这位共和党人看起来和听起来都像是一个出访的美国政治家，而且最重要的是，他能避免任何明显的失误，那么他的巡演已经达到了初衷。
    4. His six-month premiership has already been rocked by a series of scandals and gaffes.
      他作为日本首相上任6个月以来已卷入一系列的丑闻和言语过失之中。
    5. Aso, who is also Abe's deputy, has form in offending various sections of the electorate, although criticism of his gaffes tends to run like water off aduck's back.
      麻生是安倍的副手，他已经冒犯了几个区的选民，即使他的口误已经像滴在鸭子羽毛上的水消失的无影无踪了。
    6. If anything, she is an undiplomat known less for calibrated circumlocutions than for her plain speaking and sometimes her gaffes, a woman who retains both a formidable political constituency and a laugh she once admitted can send cats scurrying from a room.
      归根结底，她并非传统意义上的外交家（较少字斟句酌的外交辞令，更多直言不讳，有时还会失言），而是一个保留强大政治势力的女性，自己承认发出的笑声足以让猫吓得跑出房间。
    7. After two years in Egypt, I had developed a sense of humor about my inevitable social gaffes, but they were still embarrassing.
      我在埃及呆的这两年，已经对我所演绎的社交丑态脸皮厚到一定程度了，尽管他人依旧尴尬。
    8. But Smith crushes Gooden on PER this season, and isn't prone to mental gaffes the way Gooden is.
      但是史密斯在效率指数上超过古登，而且他也不太可能会犯古登那样的失误。
    9. Aside from basic procedural errors asking to many obvious questions, watching the house too closely the team had made some gaffes that seemed almost beyond belief.
      除了犯下一些基本的程序错误，比如向周围的人问了太多过于敏感的问题，对房屋的监视太近，他们还犯了一些看起来难以置信的错误。
    10. Robertson said that Blatter should resign, particularly given Blatter's repeated gaffes and wider concerns over corruption and corporate governance.
      罗伯森说布拉特应该辞职，特别是布拉特一直以来都面临腐败和合谋的指责。
    11. He was modest and charming in private, although visibly ill-at-ease on big public occasions and prone to gaffes and unnecessary controversies.
      他私下里平易近人，充满魅力，尽管在公共场合明显局促不安，容易失态并引发不必要的争论。
    12. Translation verification testers are aware of the product metaphors and are capable of quickly reviewing translations in a side by side fashion in order to catch obvious gaffes.
      翻译验证测试员知道产品隐含意思，并且能够以并列方式快速地复查翻译以便找出明显的过失。
    13. Japanese public opinion was inflamed by a series of gaffes in the days after the death, when Schindler decided not to co-operate fully with local investigators, or even offer apologies, until it had identified the cause of the malfunction.
      迅达在死亡事故后数日内的一系列不慎言行，激怒了日本公众舆论迅达决定，在该公司验明故障原因之前，不与当地调查机构进行全面合作，甚至也不道歉。
    14. Early in the campaign, she made a series of foreign-policy gaffes.
      在竞选早期，她犯下一系列的外交政策错误。
    15. In a country ruled by sometimes extraordinarily apathetic politicians, the media has been tenacious in rounding on leaders and exposing their gaffes and insensitivity following the attacks.
      统治印度的政客们有时表现得异常冷漠，但媒体紧紧盯住领导人，并踢爆恐怖袭击后他们的失态和人情淡漠的行为。
    16. This may be a bad characteristic when it comes to landing a top job but, given that gaffes are now the number one way of ending a high-profile career, it is a pretty useful trait for survival.
      在争取高级职位时，这或许算不上优点，但鉴于失言如今已成为显赫职业生涯的头号杀手，这个特征对于保全职业生涯可谓非常有用。
    17. With confidence in private weather forecasters slipping in the wake of some prediction gaffes during the past couple of years, perhaps woolly worms can take up the slack.
      在过去数年间，不少气象预测闹出笑话后，民众对民间气象预测专家的信心也随之下降，现在或许可让毛毛虫来接手预报。
    18. Ms Royal has been damaged by a succession of foreign-policy gaffes in recent weeks, which have lent her campaign an air of amateurism.
      最近几周，罗亚尔女士形象折损于其一系列外交政策的欠缺。
    19. First, there were his easily exploited gaffes.
      首先，他有不少失言，很容易被人利用。
    20. Yet a series of gaffes and surprises on the Republican side, coupled with unexpectedly strong campaigns from their opponents, has diminished their chances.
      但是共和党内发生的一系列失误和突发事件，加上他们的对手意外地打了几场强有力的选战，使得共和党的机会开始减少。
    21. Graciously overlooking flaws, errors, and gaffes sets a sweetly gracious tone for your relationship.
      优雅地忽略这些缺点、错误和丑态，继而为你俩的关系奠定一个甜蜜且温馨的基调。
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