Biden's latest gaffe on student loan bailout plan may come back to haunt himFrom the headline of this article at Fox News.
上記の文で、gaffeの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "gaffe" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
〈フランス語〉失敗、しくじり、へま、失言、失策、〔知らず知らずに犯す〕社会的失態
Answer
According to :
- a social or diplomatic blunder
- a noticeable mistake
Examples
- He realized that he had committed an awful gaffe when he mispronounced her name.
- I made a real gaffe - I called his new wife "Judy", which is the name of his ex-wife.
- Hopefully she will soon make another major gaffe and disappear back to the wilds, after sadly setting back the cause of women in American politics by decades. - The Sun (2016)
- Bette Midler stirred up quite a bit of confusion over a famous line in Hocus Pocus last week, all thanks to a social media gaffe. — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2022
- Not many Americans noticed the gaffe, but the British press did. — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
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