时间:2019-02-16 作者:英语课 分类:英语单词荟萃


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
ablation period
adult offender
agricultural yield forecast system
amastias
anosigmoidoscopy
anticonalbumin
asquint
b-complex
bearing surface of fundation
block structured symbol table
client terminal system
CNCL
cobalt-base alloys
communication line adapter
constant wear garment
CS(chondrosarcoma)
dash out of
decyl amine
delusion of jealousy
dimension of picture
diploid hybrid
do-jigger
dominant morphism
double back
double roller mixer
double silk-covered wire
draconitic month
drying-machine
ducal steel
EPDM
esra
even component
face-bow fork
fart smeller
felt buffer
for saler
give up a business
glasschords
glucoside poisoning
herbicidal
hole diameter
homedecorators.com
hydrous material
icers
kaba
kepes
kurdistan workers parties
laddering
locus of outcome
manganese ocher
master glass negative
monoclinic feldspar
neoribates roubali
NIEC
nine one one
no logging
numbering scheme
o.h
pattern spacing
pell inlet
phytotronics
pivoted float
posted memory write
pounds the pavement
proprietorship bookkeeping
radicotomy
reach travel curve
recession in demand
retag
rickettsial disease
rotary regenerator
round cutter tool holder
safety washing distance
Saint Bernard (dog)
school personnel liability
self-destructice
Self-selectivity
Silivri
Spencer carbine
static-moment calculation
stock capital
strain-resistance effect
subprefecture
suction piping
supernumerary egg
swim against the tide
time-out control
total quality
training stop mechanism
tropospheric refraction correction
U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances
unadventured
unifile volume
urine collection bag
valzin
Walther's canal
washiest
water-savings
whiteline
wind factor
YANAL
zone heat