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法语小词 | faux pas

• March 19, 2021 • 翻译·译事随笔

[font color="#FF4500"]faux pas[/font]

[font color="#FF4500"]失态;有失检点;失礼[/font]
音标:/ˏfəu ˈpɑː/

英文释义:

A faux pas is a socially embarrassing action or mistake.

例句:

①It was not long before I realised the enormity of my faux pas .

没过多久,我就意识到自己有多么失态。

②Most animals are pretty good at avoiding the embarrassing faux pas of having sex with the wrong species.

大多数动物都能很好地避免与其它动物交配这种尴尬的失误。

拓展:

同义表达:gaffe【A gaffe is a stupid or careless mistake, for example when you say or do something that offends or upsets people.】

例如:

He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.

他在上周末的会议上出了洋相,狼狈不堪。

补充一个短语:

blow the gaffe/gaff 泄露秘密;走漏消息
【If you blow the gaffe or blow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.】


[font color="#FF4500"]hash out[/font]

[font color="#FF4500"]具体讨论、解决[/font]

英英释义:

①If people hash out something such as a plan or an agreement, they decide on it after a lot of discussion.

②If people hash out a problem or a dispute, they discuss it thoroughly until they reach an agreement.

例句:

①Have a seat, little buddy, let's hash this out .

请坐 小朋友 有话慢慢说。----《查莉成长日记 第4季》

②Yeah. We'll hash it out over a nice cup of tea. Ta!

是的 我们会尽快搞定 谢啦!----《Lost Girl S03》

拓展:

《经济学人》一篇关于抖音与快手的文章也出现了这个表达:
拓展
所以这个短语出现的频率还是挺高的,大家可以注意一下~

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