第三人称复数：gaffes
名词失礼，出丑
名词
1. I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
我不清楚我犯了什么错误。
1. 过失：gaff-topsail 顶帆 | gaffe 过失 | gaffer 老人
2. 失礼：gad 游荡 | gaffe 失礼 | gag reflex 咽反射
3. 出丑：gaff-topsail 顶帆 | gaffe 出丑 | gaffemalpractice 失态
1. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...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.
1. But the company took a hit after its questionable acquisition of graphic chip maker ATI in 2006 and a major product gaffe.
2. gaffe的反义词
2. It's not the first journalistic gaffe of the month for the Post.
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3. The gaffe is the latest setback for Prime Minister Naoto Kan, whose plunging support in opinion polls has emboldened the political opposition.
4. It is rare that Woods makes such a gaffe, and misses such a short putt with so much riding on the outcome.
5. She would replace a powerful veteran legislator who quit over a golfing gaffe.
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6. Footage of his gaffe was splashed across Belgian media and was circulating on YouTube.
7. In one gaffe, she praised the Chinese during a trip to Beijing for their swift justice system.
8. gaffe的近义词
8. Even some of Silvio Berlusconi's own supporters and allies were last night squirming with embarrassment at their leader's latest extraordinary gaffe.