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gaffe

/gaf/US // gæf //UK // (ɡæf) //

口误,失言,错别字,失误

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a social blunder; faux pas.

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Examples

  • Fortunately, the agency admitted the gaffe within hours and corrected it, and the counting continued without drama.

  • In January, four of China’s biggest online tutoring platforms made an embarrassing gaffe.

  • Instead, he wrote his own or simply spoke from the cuff, often leading to notable gaffes.

  • The Ravens had to move only 16 yards after the gaffe by Steelers punt returner Ray-Ray McCloud.

  • Locals familiar with the scenery immediately called out the visual gaffe, which highlighted a preference on the part of Daines, Rosendale, and their fellow Republicans for appearance over substance on public-lands issues.

  • At this point, probably the only thing that can really flip the dynamic of a particular race is a major gaffe.

  • However, Ernst may have finally committed her own devastating gaffe this week.

  • Did her handlers fear what for the gaffe-prone Republican might say?

  • Christopher Dickey joins CNN International to discuss Biden's Erdogan gaffe and how it will affect Turkey's role in fighting ISIS.

  • The moment seems to be a familiar breed of Internet gaffe when a eager but inept social media staffer makes a blunder.

  • She has been so charming to me that if I make a gaffe she must forgive me.

  • Her recent commands with respect to turbulent Venice were the subject of criticism among the circle outside the Piazza Gaffe.

  • It was an odd correspondence, in which I made my customary gaffe.

  • Think what his position would have been if any member of his Embassy had made a "gaffe."