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Add it to the list of ill-advised statements from the gaffe-happy mayor that, months later, he finds himself in just such a Britain.
儅這位失態(tài)的市長發(fā)表這份缺根弦兒的聲明的幾個月後，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己所在的倫敦真的成那個樣子了。
Having been embarrassed once by such a gaffe, you might have thought that Apple would have cracked down hard on such careless behaviour.
已經(jīng)因爲(wèi)過失而産生尲尬，你或許已經(jīng)想到蘋果公司將會嚴(yán)厲鏟除此類粗心大意的行爲(wèi)。
One user jokingly suggested that the gaffe was actually an attempt to cram more racial backgrounds into a single image.
其中一名用戶開玩笑地說道，這個過失實際上是一種嘗試，試著把更多的種族背景塞進(jìn)一張圖片中。

Dan Plesch,director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at London's School of Oriental and African Studies, says the interview was a major gaffe.

This one gaffe will not have everybody thinking that this war hero is a warmonger.
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In Tokyo, the government's spin-doctors have been trying to gloss over the prime minister's gaffe.
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A gaffe is a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.