Word · Frequency #23744
gaffe
失言;失态;失礼
核心释义
A foolish and embarrassing error made in public; a social blunder.
- 1.
愚蠢而尴尬的错误,尤指在公开场合犯下的;社交失态;失礼行为。
A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
愚蠢而尴尬的错误,尤指在公开场合犯下的;社交失态;失礼行为。;过失;失态;出丑
用法In use
At the dinner party, he made a gaffe by using the wrong fork.
用法提示:“gaffe”是名词,指社交场合令人尴尬的失礼行为。
She made several gaffes during the evening, such as calling the host by the wrong name.
用法提示:“gaffes”是“gaffe”的复数,与“make”搭配表示多次失礼。
He tried to hide his gaffe by laughing loudly, but everyone had already noticed it.
用法提示:“gaffe”作名词,是“hide”的宾语,指那个尴尬的错误。
make a gaffe
make a gaffe 是最常见的搭配,指在公开场合说错话或做错事。
He made a gaffe by calling the city by the wrong name.
他叫错了城市名,犯了一个愚蠢的失态错误。
commit a gaffe
commit a gaffe 语气较正式,常用于书面语。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- make a gaffe
- 犯愚蠢的错误;说错话
- He made a gaffe by calling his boss by the wrong name.他叫错了老板的名字,犯了个愚蠢的错误。
- a diplomatic gaffe
- 外交失态
- The ambassador's remark was seen as a diplomatic gaffe.那位大使的话被视为外交失态。
- a social gaffe
- 社交失礼;失态
- She committed a social gaffe by arriving uninvited.她未受邀请就来了,犯了一个社交失礼的错误。
- a verbal gaffe
- 言语失态;口误
- The politician's verbal gaffe was widely reported.那位政客的失言被广泛报道。
- a public gaffe
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把gaffe开头的“ga”想成“尬”(gà),“尬”就是尴尬;当众出丑、说错话,就是gaffe。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:新闻报道、政治评论、正式写作 gaffe 多用于正式或书面语境,常出现在新闻与政治评论中,形容公开场合的失态或失言;日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词在美式发音中与 gaffe /ɡæf/ 押韵(重读元音和结尾辅音均为 /æf/):laugh /læf/, staff /stæf/, half /hæf/, calf /kæf/, chaff /tʃæf/, giraffe /dʒəˈræf/。注意拼写中的不发音字母:gaffe 末尾的 e、half 和 calf 中的 l、laugh 中的 gh。另有一些形近但不同音的词,如 guff /ɡʌf/(胡说,废话),与 gaffe 拼写相近,但元音不同,不押韵,不要混淆。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.