gaffe

noun

/ɡæf/

a mistake that a person makes in public or in a social situation, especially something embarrassing失礼；失态；失言 synonym faux pas
- a social gaffe社交失态
- He made some real gaffes early in his career.他在职业生涯早期曾数次严重失言。
- Most people will politely look the other way if you commit some social gaffe.如果你在社交场合失态，大多数人会礼貌地转开目光。
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, literally ‘boathook’ (from Provençal gaf ‘hook’), used colloquially to mean ‘blunder’.

单词	gaffe
释义	gaffe noun /ɡæf/ /ɡæf/ a mistake that a person makes in public or in a social situation, especially something embarrassing失礼；失态；失言 synonym faux pas a social gaffe社交失态 He made some real gaffes early in his career.他在职业生涯早期曾数次严重失言。 Most people will politely look the other way if you commit some social gaffe.如果你在社交场合失态，大多数人会礼貌地转开目光。 Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, literally ‘boathook’ (from Provençal gaf ‘hook’), used colloquially to mean ‘blunder’.
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