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》
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adenofibrolipochondromyxoma
Aguazul
air-operators
antiestablishmentarianisms
antirattler
assess on/upon
automatic logging device
back pressure test
beta blackout
boniopsis
bridging host
bushings
calculable number
cancer-drug
celestial equator
Cementon
chapeu (doutor camargo)
clip bond
coin-collecting
compile-time diagnostics
costoscapular
critical height of subgrade
cusumano
disenrolled
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ditch digging
door window regulator
drought frequency
echelon lens
elanus leucuruss
end in failure
enteroplax taiwanica
Erechtites valerianifolius
fallibly
family suite
finger-painted
flower leaf
flyweights
foldest
freefallen
gain'd
gall-stones
gotten your hands on
h.o
hide or hair
hydroxyresveratrol
hyperasthesia
hyperlopha compactilis
iglesiass
immune interferon
jumped up people
keratinase
Khalatnikov theory
krantze
Kurdophone
kyped
linear cleavage
lizardness
Louisendorf
make one's debut
Margaret Of Austria
master cabin
meyer-betz disease
milko-tester
nakamura
nethergarment
network performance analysis logical unit
neutralization titration
Nicholls
Nicotiana L.
nitrogelatine
Out with it
peculiarity
phenoclastic
pinch roll
plasticize
polyesterurethane
radio handbook
reappreciate
resigned to
resurrections
rhenium hexafluoride
room's squares
Rφrstad
silver perrhenate
sound reproducer
substantiators
supplementary articulation
Swea City
tandem stock option
tellurine
tongue
tooth ache
trondhjemite aplite
typhlectomy
ultra-short wave device for eye
ultramicrometer
vesico-ureteric reflux
voluntary export restraint
wall chase
Whovian
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