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单词 gaffe
释义
gaffe
noun[C]
uk
/ɡæf/us
/ɡæf/
aremarkoractionthat is asocialmistakeand notconsideredpolite:
出丑；失礼；失言
Imadearealgaffe - I called his newwife"Judy", which is thenameof hisex-wife.我一时口误出了大丑——把他的新任妻子叫成了“朱迪”，那可是他前妻的名字啊。
Youstartedeatingbefore anyoneelsehad beenserved? What a gaffe!没等其他人的饭菜上桌你就开始吃了，那是不是有点失礼啊？
Synonym
faux pas
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slipnoun
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a mistake
  • mistakeIt was just a silly mistake - no need to apologize.
  • errorHe admitted that he'd made an error.
  • blunderThe company was struggling after a series of financial blunders.
  • slipIt was an understandable slip.
  • mix-upThere was a mix-up with the bags at the airport.
  • gaffeI made a real gaffe by calling her "Emma", which is the name of his previous girlfriend.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Faults and mistakes
  • aberration
  • Achilles heel
  • adrift
  • black mark
  • blemish
  • error
  • failing
  • false move
  • faux pas
  • flaw
  • miscue
  • misfunction
  • misperception
  • misprint
  • misspelling
  • that's/it'syourfuneral!idiom
  • typo
  • wardrobe malfunction
  • weakness
  • what price...?idiom
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(Definition ofgaffefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

gaffe| American Dictionary

gaffe
noun[C]
us
/ɡæf/
anembarrassingmistake:
Hisfailuretoaskfor his teacher’sadvicewas amajorgaffe.
(Definition ofgaffefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgaffe

gaffe
There are many well-presented examples, and few obvious gaffes or errors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Aside from many inadequacies in relating the work to the relevant literature, this book is marred by numerous technical errors and gaffes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A negative event (a scandal orgaffe) would thus reduce the score by one for all days until the next event, when it would either increase or decrease by one.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Campbell's tone of off-the-cuff approval or dismissal is exacerbated by some editorial gaffes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We must get away from treating every issue as agaffe, a split or a personality clash.
From the
Hansard archive
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That sounds like agaffebut actually his aim was perfect.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
However, there has also been a series of gaffes, such as the failure to implement in good time the standards for disposing of animal carcasses.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
He may not have meant that but it was agaffeon his part to put it in a letter.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I believe he described it as agaffe; well, everyone makes gaffes.
From the
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Newspapers sometimes refer to them as medical gaffes.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We know what awfulgaffeswe made.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I hope, by the way, that that particulargaffewill not be repeated year after year.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I shall go on to refer to something else which may also have been agaffe.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That comment may have been a politicalgaffeand a blunder, but we are not making much of that because such things occasionally happen.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have to say that in my country we make the occasionalgaffein this regard.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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