詞語：gaffe
gaffe是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
gaffe
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n.
過失, 出醜, 失態
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
gaffe
gaffe 也作 gaff
AHD:[g2f]
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K.K.[g#f]
n.（名詞）
(1)A clumsy social error; a faux pas:
失禮，失態：社交場合笨拙的錯誤；有失檢點的話或行為：
「The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste」(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)
(2)A blatant mistake or misjudgment.
明顯的錯誤或錯誤判斷
語源
(1)French
法語
(2)from Old French [hook] * see gaff 1
源自 古法語 [魚鉤] *參見 gaff1
現代英漢詞典
gaffe
[^Af]
n.
失禮；過失；失態；失言
I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
我不清楚我犯了什麼錯誤。
現代英漢綜合大辭典
gaffe
[^Af]
n.
[法]過失, 不慎的言行, 出醜; 失敗
美國傳統詞典
gaffe
gaffe also gaff
AHD:[g2f]
D.J.[g#f]
K.K.[g#f]
n.
(1)A clumsy social error; a faux pas:
「The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste」(Mary McCarthy)
(2)A blatant mistake or misjudgment.
語源
(1)French
(2)from Old French [hook] * see gaff 1
英漢心理學大詞典
gaffe
失禮