时间:2019-02-07 作者:英语课 分类:英语每日一词


英语课

今天我们要学的词是gaffe 1。 Gaffe, 是失言、失态的意思。"Make a bad gaffe," 就是极为失态。在美国大选过程中,每个候选人都会有失策或是讲错话的时候。"Sometimes minor 2 campaign gaffes 3 can turn out to be deadly for the candidates," 有时竞选中很小的失误也会给候选人带来致命的打击。


美国总统布什不久前在发表电视讲话时,把一个寻求房屋按揭帮助的热线电话的号码念成了一个基督教学校的号码。"Bush's verbal gaffe inundated 4 the small school with numerous phone calls," 布什的口误害得这个学校的电话被打爆。好的,今天我们学习的词是gaffe...



n.(社交上令人不快的)失言,失态
  • I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.我不清楚我犯了什么错误。
  • 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。
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
n.失礼,出丑( gaffe的名词复数 )
  • The presidential candidate made three mistakes, or gaffes, during his speech. 校长候选人在演讲中出了三次错,或失态。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
  • When the microphones were on, gaffes gushed from his lips. 而当电话响起,他却口无遮拦,屡屡失言。 来自互联网
v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 );(洪水般地)涌来;充满;给予或交予(太多事物)使难以应付
  • We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
  • We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
19-hydroxymappicine
actionizing
agency by estoppel
airphoto intelligence
aminobisabolene
AR model
art ecology
bear test of time
bemitred
berth chain
bezdnas
biondi
breaker contact point
bring disgrace on
buy back
caddy cart
calpac
canton ware
cartridge base
centropagids
collineate
conjugate tangents
cyclorectifier
cystosorus
dash-pot rod
dead-roast
dobres
drilaster olivieri
energy bubble
Engelhardia roxburghiana
extended school day
fine limit
fire fighter truck
foetotoxic
fucivorous
ganglionic tumor
genus Ramphomicron
german capitals
go to wrack and ruin
grittish
hadronless
haplite
Hedera sinensisivy
high school integrating with local community
holkhams
homes in
intestinal convulation
island-type building method
Jadal
Kincaid L.
lending criterion
Lesopil'noye
lyriferous
matiss
matured solid teratoma of ovary
message transfer system
metatarsal bone (or metatarsus)
minute volume (circulation rate)
multi-plane
odonto-maxillary orthopedic
paishi granules,paishi keli
paroccipital fissure
particle drift velocity
pharmaceutic naphthene oil
photothermal radiometer
polyunsaturate
popped circuit breaker
pre-combustion chamber
pseudoaortic
quantest
radiation high polymer chemistry
rank of linear mapping
Regency stripes
residual regain
reversible steering
revolving funds
scarce as hen's teeth
Sherbro I.
slatyfork
sonesta
Sordaria
SQCA
stellar coal
Straderm
surface-active
to fall within the competence of a court
Tolmiea menziesii
tuned anode
underwater obstacle
undrafted
v orpe
valve spring seat key
ventriculitides
vertical return
viaticus settlements
wholetimber
within door
yarco
yarke
yugioh