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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abominator
acklin
adenoid cystic hyperplasia
angiosarcomata
annular engine
antizionistic
Antsiferova, Ostrov
arta
arte
articulated gear
articulation index (ai)
babinski's response
Bacterium vermiforme
balsam pear
be superior to
binomial theorems
biological motion
bottom sizing
cephalomelus
chevee
choice of direction
chung-kuo
Clause Four
commutating watthour meter
continuous round shelf freezer
corrosive shake
crystal sedimentation
cull factor
cytochrophins
DADLE
diethyl maleic acid
division of responsibility
DSP chip
equipment-based service
farts
fault locating technology
figurance
free hysteresis
gear honing machine
generalized reduced gradient method
giochidiol
goods conforming with the contract
grass is greener...
greedy algorithm
Gurbīya
hodo-
Impatiens radiata
knells
latigo
lower section
macroscopic properties
madir
Malbaza
medial bicipital sulcus
methylhamamelopyranose
mildew and rot
Ngandou
Niagara River
non-controllable converter arm
nonflow system
nova
oligogalacturonides
outstanding entry
pacas
Pahang, State of
palaisade
pawnbroker's shop
piece in
plain cake
pre - tax profit
preerected
premeditated crime
pressure casting machine
pressure lesion
Processus anterior
prunus subhirtella miq.
pselaphids
recording spot
red fish meal
rhodium sulfate
right side up with care
Schultz's method
Seleroglucar
Serbophile
sero-amniotic
shikotsu l.
slip dresses
solder acid
spilitic texture
stargazers
submatrix
surface phagocytosis
suricata suricattas
team explorer
Torredonjimeno
tree deletion program
triplet hypothesis
urban-style
vacuum gas oil
Vanrook R.
weather beaten sailor
worstcase