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gaffe n.〔法語〕 過失，不慎的言行，出丑。

n. 〔法語〕 過失，不慎的言行，出丑。 “gaffelbidder“ 中文翻譯：   一種香料漬的鯡魚制品“gaffaroglu“ 中文翻譯：   加法爾奧盧“gaffelbitar“ 中文翻譯：   鹽腌腓“gaffarelli“ 中文翻譯：   加法雷利“gaffelu“ 中文翻譯：   哈費呂“gaffarel“ 中文翻譯：   加法雷爾“gaffeo“ 中文翻譯：   加費奧“gaffard“ 中文翻譯：   加法爾“gaffer“ 中文翻譯：   n. 1.〔貶、謔〕老頭子〔對鄉下老人的稱呼。 cf. gammer〕. 2.〔英國〕工頭，雇主。 3.經理，馬戲團領班；(電影、電視的)照明電工。 G- Johnson 約翰遜老頭。 “gaffar“ 中文翻譯：   加法爾

Visitors to britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub . but these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated 訪問英國的人會發現傳統英國酒吧是最能領略當地文化的地方。但對于初來乍到的異國人來說，這些友善的酒吧卻猶如潛藏著有惹事危險的“地雷區“ 。

But these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated 但對于初來乍到的異國人來說，這些友善的酒吧卻猶如潛藏著有惹事危險的“地雷區“ 。

Visitors to britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub . but these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated 訪問英國的人會發現傳統英國酒吧是最能領略當地文化的地方。但對于初來乍到的異國人來說，這些友善的酒吧卻猶如潛藏著有惹事危險的“地雷區“ 。

But these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated 但對于初來乍到的異國人來說，這些友善的酒吧卻猶如潛藏著有惹事危險的“地雷區“ 。

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Even though few of you will ever have to deal directly with the full complexity of internationalized name modeling , you should always carry some respect for the scale of the issue in your mind as a safeguard against the most common and embarrassing modeling gaffes 雖然只有少數人會直接面對國際化姓名建模的復雜性問題，但您腦子里應該對這一問題的困難有所了解，對這種最常見而令人尷尬的建模問題做好心理準備。

But while talking your way out of your own wordplace gaffes takes skill , pointing out your boss mistakes can require the kind of delicate touch normally employed by neurosurgeone or people defusing unexploded bombs 可是，防止你在自已辦公室里的失禮行為需要說話的技巧，而指出老板的錯誤就更需要高妙的手段，這種手段通常是神經外科醫生或拆除未爆炸彈的引信那樣的人才使用。

Lazio were heavily criticised for certain transfer gaffes this summer , the failed signing of juan pablo carizzo rendering 43 year old marco ballotta first choice goalkeeper until the late signing of fernando muslera 拉齊奧被嚴厲批評指出在今夏的轉會中在卡里佐的轉會中失敗只能將43歲的老將巴洛塔作為第一門將，直到簽了費爾南多穆斯萊拉。

Visitors to britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub . but these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated 訪問英國的人會發現傳統英國酒吧是最能領略當地文化的地方。但對于初來乍到的異國人來說，這些友善的酒吧卻猶如潛藏著有惹事危險的“地雷區“ 。

But at moments i winced like a perfectionist recalling the social gaffes of his youth ; i found a show - off quality in some of the allusions , and here or there a too - decorative surface 不過有時候我也像個完美主義者一樣眨巴著眼睛，想起青年時代犯過的流行毛病；我發現有些典故有掉書袋的嫌疑，有些詩有文過其辭的地方。

It has made a string of gaffes since its leader , romano prodi , disowned knowledge of an alternative plan put forward by his closest economic adviser that would have amounted to the renationalisation of ti 這可真讓他的領導者羅馬諾?普羅迪出丑的，因為他聲稱不知道他首席經濟顧問向他建議將電信重新國有化。

[ color = # 0000ff ] example : [ / color ] when our best salesman mispronounced our own company ' s name during his big speech at his birthday party , we were surprised by his little gaffe but we smiled and ignored it 公司最好的銷售員在他的生日聚會上講話時念錯了公司的名字，我們對他的失誤感到驚訝，但還是一笑了之。

There have been many other tactical gaffes , one of which , a while back , away to ipswich town , caused dennis wise to complain that he had been used in four different roles 拉涅利還有很多其他的戰術出丑，其中一個例子是：很久前對伊普斯維奇的一場比賽中，懷斯最后抱怨說他在這場比賽中被迫打了4個位置。

Gaffes are rare in mr morgan ' s sober and balanced account , although a few slip through , such as the claim that myths ( flat earth included , presumably ) always have some basis in reality 摩根的筆觸冷靜圓滑，顯有紕漏，但不免有些疏忽，比如他說神話（大概也包括地球是平的這個故事）總是有現實基礎的。

Example : [ / color ] when our best salesman mispronounced our own company ' s name during his big speech at his birthday party , we were surprised by his little gaffe but we smiled and ignored it 公司最好的銷售員在他的生日聚會上講話時念錯了公司的名字，我們對他的失誤感到驚訝，但還是一笑了之。

With confidence in private weather forecasters slipping in the wake of some prediction gaffes during the past couple of years , perhaps woolly worms can take up the slack 在過去數年間，不少氣象預測鬧出笑話后，民眾對民間氣象預測專家的信心也隨之下降，現在或許可讓毛毛蟲來接手預報。

Bush is no stranger to verbal gaffes . he often acknowledges he was no more than an average student in school and jokes about his habit of mangling the english language 布什總統愛犯口誤已不是什么新鮮事了。他也經常坦言自己在學校時學習成績平平，還經常拿自己愛說錯話的毛病開玩笑。

Other world leaders see the pope with their advisers and the vatican ' s peerlessly punctilious protocol experts , making sure they do not commit the slightest gaffe 其他國家領導人見羅馬教皇時都要帶著顧問和梵蒂網最優秀的禮儀專家，以確保自己不出現一丁點的失禮行為。

Translation verification testers are aware of the product metaphors and are capable of quickly reviewing translations in a side by side fashion in order to catch obvious gaffes 翻譯驗證測試員知道產品隱含意思，并且能夠以并列方式快速地復查翻譯以便找出明顯的過失。

One of his highest - profile gaffes came in may when , at a welcoming ceremony for britain ' s queen elizabeth ii , he nearly placed her in the 18th century 布什總統犯過的一個最“高級”的口誤是今年5月在英國女王伊麗莎白二世的歡迎儀式上，他差點讓女王老了兩百歲。