| 词汇 | faux-pas |
| 释义 | faux pas noun[ C ] uk /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/ us /ˌfoʊ ˈpɑː/pluralfaux pas words or behaviour that are a social mistake or not polite: 失言；失礼 make a faux pasI made some remark about his wife's family, and then realized I'd made a serious faux pas.我谈论了几句他妻子的娘家，接着就意识到这很失礼。 Synonyms gaffe slip Faults and mistakes (that's) your hard luckidiom aberration Achilles heel adrift black mark blemish errata erratum error failing false move malaprop miscue misfunction misperception misprint that's/it's your funeral!idiom typo uncorrectable uncorrected faux pas | American Dictionaryfaux pas noun[ C ] us/ˈfoʊ ˈpɑ/pluralfaux pasus/ˈfoʊ ˈpɑ, ˈpɑz/ a remark or action in a social situation that is a mistake and causes embarrassment or offense: She made the faux pas of referring to Wales as “part of England.” Examples of faux pasfaux pas Nevertheless, it is instructive to trace his fauxpas. This formulation is preferred by politicians and professional athletes who have made some egregious fauxpas or been caught in especially sordid straits. This finding suggests difficulty in truly empathizing with the characters in the stories or an indifference to the impact of the fauxpas on the speaker or the listener. They were then asked a series of questions that address detection and understanding of the fauxpas, the mental state of the listener and the mental state of the speaker. However, this fauxpas was carried by a majority. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In my view, item 4 has been included because of a fauxpas by a number of colleagues. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It really was an awful fauxpas, was it not, seriously to suggest that the facts are not available? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was uninvited, and a series of fauxpas lead to his expulsion from the party. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She also broke her broom on the ice, a major curling fauxpas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. That is the problem with comedy, a joke that is funny today can be a terrible "fauxpas" tomorrow. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This fauxpas cost the corporation $50 million to settle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Over the course of the day, she sends a series of text messages to try to balance out this fauxpas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Almost all of the girls committed minor fauxpas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The girls were dressed up ala fashion fauxpas to raise awareness about the detriment of counterfeit fashion products. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It's not every toon that deals with midlife crisis, marital dysfunction, child neglect, impotence fears, fashion fauxpas and existential angst. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of faux pas These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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