Gaffe（法語：Gaffe）是一個源自法語的英語名詞，指在社交或公開場合中因言行不慎導致的尷尬錯誤，常見於政治、媒體等公眾人物的失態或失言。該詞作為外來語，原意為“鉤子”，後引申為“錯誤”，現為國際通用辭彙，多與公共關係、政治博弈等語境相關。
該詞通常描述因疏忽引發的冒犯性舉動，如演講或採訪中的不當言論，可能導致輿論爭議或公眾形象受損。常見搭配包括“commit a gaffe”（犯錯誤）、“embarrassing gaffe”（尷尬過失）等，例句多涉及政治人物失言或媒體報導事件。其複數形式為gaffes，同義詞包含faux pas、blunder、slip等。
該詞源於15世紀法語“gaffe”（鉤狀工具），18世紀演變為“錯誤”含義後被英語吸收。20世紀後隨媒體傳播廣泛使用，現多指代社交或職業場合中的失禮行為，尤其適用於公共人物場合。
基本介紹
- 外文名：gaffe
- 詞性：名詞
- 英式發音：[ɡæf]
- 美式發音：[ɡæf]
單詞用法,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞用法
N-COUNT A gaffe is a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people. (愚蠢或粗心的)錯誤
短語搭配
Peggy Gaffe 標籤
gaffe e 失言
a gaffe 失言
fait gaffe 小心
Doctors Gaffe 醫生過失
Gaffe Peggy 名稱
Carl D Gaffe 標籤
Gaffe Carl D 名稱
to commit a gaffe 口無遮攔
雙語例句
He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
在上周的會議上，他犯了一個尷尬的錯誤。
《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
This was an extraordinary gaffe.
這是一次不可思議的失言。
His gaffe has gone viral on the Internet.
他失態的場景已在網上瘋傳。
Turns out we committed an awful gaffe yesterday.
看起來我們昨天出了個大醜。
But that one was a relatively easy gaffe to spot.
但這只是相對輕鬆的一點調整。
It was a gaffe by Fifa and they must offer an explanation.
它是一個過失由國際足聯，他們必須對受到指責的某種見解或行為加以申辯解釋。
For the GOP, he's more like the gaffe that keeps on goofing.
對大佬黨來說，他更像一個不斷出現過失的傻子。
The face of my gaffe, I think he should have shocked the bar!
面對我的失態，我想他應該愣住了吧！
Don't make gaffe here, we can discuss about this question at home.
別在這裡出醜，這問題我們回家再談。
He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.
他一定得對今天早上極端失禮的行為進行補救。
"You know what I mean" is considered the biggest verbal gaffe by 15% of the population.
15%的民眾認為“你知道我的意思”是最大的言語過失。
Following the embarrassing Christmas Day gaffe, several senior editorial staff was suspended.
在聖誕節出醜之後，幾個主要的編輯被停職。
Of course, his most famous gaffe was saying to a reporter that he would like his "life back."
當然，他最著名的失態之舉是對一位記者說，他想“重回過去的生活”。
Eleven Pakistani suspects were arrested immediately after the gaffe but later released without charge.
醜聞暴露後，十一名涉嫌巴基斯坦人被捕，但隨後未經起訴就被釋放了。
The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe , a breach of sensibility and good taste&b{Mary McCarthy.
那次談話中的離題在他看來太出醜了，簡直就是失去理智後的胡言亂語，毫無高尚趣味可言（瑪麗麥卡錫）
And, like any public figure making an embarrassing gaffe, the quote quickly became meme fodder with one-liners.
與公眾人物令人尷尬的失言一樣，這句話也很快成為了搞笑表情包的模板。
One user jokingly suggested that the gaffe was actually an attempt to cram more racial backgrounds into a single image.
其中一名用戶開玩笑地說道，這個過失實際上是一種嘗試，試著把更多的種族背景塞進一張圖片中。
History indicates that a bad performance, particularly a telling gaffe, can badly damage a candidate in the polls.
歷史表明，如果候選人表現不佳，特別是失言之舉，會使他們在大選中嚴重受損。
I now realize that I should have had the courtesy to acknowledge my gaffe and apologize, but words failed me at the time.
我現在已經意識到自己應該有禮貌地承認自己的失禮，然後表達歉意，但是當時卻說不出這樣的話來。
A mild secular analog, he says, might be an executive who commits a horrific social gaffe at the instant of a crucial promotion.
一種溫和的世俗分析認為，這也許像一個公司高層在經歷了突然的提升之後開始有了一種心理上的失衡。
Having been embarrassed once by such a gaffe, you might have thought that Apple would have cracked down hard on such careless behaviour.
已經因為過失而產生尷尬，你或許已經想到蘋果公司將會嚴厲剷除此類粗心大意的行為。
Bachmann's gaffe served as a bookend to one made by Sarah Palin, the week before, when she, too, addressed the events of April, 1775.
巴赫曼的錯誤可以和薩拉·佩林在一周前在提到1775年四月份事件時犯的錯相媲美。
They talked privately for 20 minutes, a gaffe-free debut unless the tabloids had the room wired. But Kate was seen to touch her tummy.
他們密談了20分鐘，如果小報記者沒有在這個房間做什麼手腳的話，新公爵夫人蜜月回來的首次出場就不會有啥不合適的了。
Just after midday today, we witnessed the gaffe that may eventually come to be seen as Gordon Brown's defining moment as prime minister.
今天中午，我們見證了戈登·布朗當中出醜，這次事件最終會成為布朗首相職業生涯中的一個重要時刻。
The social sages, who follow rules docilely, care in every moment for their appearance, they fear to commit any gaffe in their social activity.
循規蹈距的社會賢達，則時時刻刻地關注自己的一舉一動，唯恐有失態之時。
A confident man can handle unfamiliar situations with ease and assurance, and won't be rattled if he commits a minor gaffe, even if everyone's watching.
一個自信的人可以泰然自若地處理各種不熟悉的情形，即使在別人的目光下犯了一個小錯誤，他也不會驚慌失措。
MSNBC's Chris Matthews pointed out - as News Night's senior producer Jim Harper does in the episode - that this gaffe was, above all, a missed opportunity.
微軟全國廣播公司節目主持人克里斯·馬修斯指出——就如同在《新聞編輯室》中，《新聞之夜》的高級製片人吉姆·哈珀說的那樣——這是一次過失，最重要的是錯失了良機。
