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
a week ago today
acne medicamentosa
addition property
adjust method
aetiologics
all round athlete
ameloblast process
andiras
angle function
angle of rupture
Antistatic mat
athletic festival
bellings
binary-only
blast regulation valve
blunder about
bulgins
C11925
cassada
Cerenkov detector
chemical migration
definite-time acceleration
dental protrusion
destructive test(ing)
Dowspray 9
edge receptacle
ednas
electrode assembly
extendings
eye pattern
fatica
fiberoptic sinoscope
fuckloads
gallberries
gentry controversy
guchkov
highly refracted ray
Hornindal
hydraulic lift cover
impartation
input extender
intercalated
intermutual
kilindini har.
L'Isle-de-Noé
last moment emergency shutdown system
level(l)ing rod
limestone filler
maclamore
medical law
melodramas
Methylococcales
microscopic acidity constant
movable car deck
multi-pass compiler
multiple host support
nanoresonator
ocean wave decay
open polydisk
orders received book
osakis
Oschiri, R.di
overcontribute
pantanencephalia
percentage of land-covered forests
phytagel
plate-grid capacitance
plume poppy
poisonous gas toxicology
polychresty
Prausnitz-Kustner antibody
pressure condenser
put right
puzzling question
radiopotentiator
Ramapo Mountains
rectifier valve
rethanking
riitta
sabalite (variscite)
sabkha salt model
Sanhala
scavenging the hole
schottky ir detector
sea borne articles
sea test range
single side band receiver
single way rectifier
Skarnes
Song of the Three Holy Children
stony-heartedly
swan islands
tan-tru
tellurium diethyl dithiocarbamate
three-way tipping gear
time mean chart
used car
wayfarer
withholding or impounding appropriations
world perspective
writing counter
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