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单词 gaffe
释义 gaffe
\ˈgaf, -aa(ə)f, -aif\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, gaff, gaffe — more at gaff III
: a marked especially social or diplomatic blunder or clumsy mistake : faux pas
 < mere social gaffes and unfortunate encounters of the sort which used to provide copy for … society jokes — Times Literary Supplement >
 < his attention to detail is really remarkable and seldom permits a major gaffe — W.F.Albright >
 < like all newspapers it sometimes commits a gaffe — Stuart Keate >
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