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
5-azauridine
?-lactamase
a word out of season
adjustment of cross-section elasticities
advice of bill paid
Ahmed Salman Rushdie
AM pop
amphidiploidies
antelava
archduke ferdinand
artifical horizon
basivertebral
behind with
Bill Mauldin
bit
bossnapping
bridle line
calf-raise
carbide-tool
castset (diamond) bit
climatic determinism
colloidal
commutating flux
confervae
contact-actuation time
controller-assignment number
cosmonautic
counter -current distribution method
crafted
de beers
density functional
dey
Diarthronomyia chrysanthemi
doundake
echelon spectrometer
Electric expenses
endoce
Environmented finance authority
erect stem
excited winding
ffd
gambaud
Gillies
gomphotheriid
grummer
gusano
have no act in
horsing
hydrosulfite vat
idiota
immunologic suppression
interjurisdictional mobility
internal recoganization
inverted limb of fold
jailin
kinoite
landscrapers
lanionious
Lefschetz number
list of anchor bolts for the equipments
Macrodactylus subspinosus
major domo
median effective dose
mesh clogging
metridia asymmetrica
middle bark
moxley
NT-joining
olfactory setae
parallel instruction execution
payan
pink sand verbenas
plakalbumin
pore diaphragm
positive damping
preall
protoalkaloid
quay-to-quay
recessed rock anchor
resaluted
rhododendron oil
roller-skating
Sea and Inland Water Administrative Authority
shaft of rib
shielding impedance
significaba
Sinnūris
Sinocalycanthus
standing-stones
sterling forward price
subpolar lake
summ
supermoist
temporary released additional money
tenoreceptor
the built environment
the true
turbine vibration supervision
universal filter
vandenboschia parva copel.
visual approach and landing chart
walkeri