复数： gaffes

This was an extraordinary gaffe .

这是个不可思议的失礼。

A difference accentuated by mr romney 's 47 % gaffe , which struck at the core of the male-female divide .

罗姆尼先生的47%失态所突出的差异，击中雌雄分水岭的核心。

In the disaster that later unfolded , mr. hayward became a lightning rod for criticism after his poor performance before a congressional panel and an infamous gaffe in which he complained ' I want my life back ' against a backdrop of economic suffering and hardship in the gulf region .

在美国国会的一个专门委员会作证时，他表现很差；而在墨西哥湾地区遭遇灾难之际，他又失态地说“我想恢复我的生活”。