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
-flavored
aflame with
agricultural meteorological station
alatest
amphenone B
amplitude modulation/frequency modulation(am/fm)
analytical chromatography
anklelocks
annular subunit
apex inductor
be in the secret
bedwarmer
bent-handle single-head wrench
bestiallich
beteela
bracing tube
bronze welding
brush cloth cleaner
can only do
cherriest
chinaman chute
choline-
coal-fired gas turbine
cold shoulders
concentration of a nutrient in the plants
consecutive data set organization
copyright-owners
coronans
correcting fluids
crinolette
deep-draw mold
dennitson
ds (dirctory service)
education and intelligent support system
eero
Elaeagnus xizangensis
entrepreneurial ability
exaggeration technique
fiber crops
flavorius
fotiadi test
fractured porosity
fuselage ring
glucosteroid
gluteal fascia
go out of the way
guffy
gun for gun
Gutâi, Vârful
gymnothorax
habergeon
harling
horrigan
Hybrid cap
hylobates agilis
indoor arrangement
insurance intermediary
jalozai
jewel stylus
maximum credible operating accident
mayordome
metallochaperone
method-actings
monodelphs
multimodal approach
non-luminous body
output indicator
oxygen converter
pantograph horn
parliamentary debate
PeaceNet
penn yan
point guards
private ownership of land
procedural instruction
pulverized fuel combustor
R-O
referir
regional information system
resonant vibrations
Sasu-ri
set of shears
Sheppard's correction
shootin'
silky oak
silver mesoperiodate
small-college
soil deterioration
specified substance
statutory maternity leave
staymakers
substomatic
sweet femel
take ... exit
tea-makings
toug
tyre valve punch
upper advisory area (uda)
vcjd
volume buret
white granulated sugar
zachaire