gaffe怎么读,gaffe的音标和真人发音
英音  [gæf]    
美音 [ɡæf]    

gaffe是什么意思,gaffe的意思是

n.失礼,出丑

gaffe 变化形式

复数: gaffes
所属分类: GRE

gaffe的词源和记忆技巧

gaffe 失礼
原义为钩子,同gaff. 失礼义词源不详,可能是来自拟声词,鸭子叫声,拙劣的说话。

gaffe 的用法和双语例句“点击”或“选中”例句中的单词,就可以看到词义解释

This was an extraordinary gaffe .
这是个不可思议的失礼。
A difference accentuated by mr romney 's 47 % gaffe , which struck at the core of the male-female divide .
罗姆尼先生的47%失态所突出的差异,击中雌雄分水岭的核心。
In the disaster that later unfolded , mr. hayward became a lightning rod for criticism after his poor performance before a congressional panel and an infamous gaffe in which he complained ' I want my life back ' against a backdrop of economic suffering and hardship in the gulf region .
在美国国会的一个专门委员会作证时,他表现很差;而在墨西哥湾地区遭遇灾难之际,他又失态地说“我想恢复我的生活”。