(make/commit) a faux pas是什么意思_英语组词翻译

词组

(make/commit) a faux pas

释义

●(make/commit) a ˌfaux ˈpas

(from French)

an action or a remark that causes embarrassment because it is not socially correct 失态；有失礼仪的言行

◆I immediately made a faux pas when I forgot to take my shoes off before I went into the house.
我进屋之前忘了脱鞋，立刻就出了丑。

◆They were kind enough to overlook my faux pas and continued as if nothing had happened.
他们非常善解人意，没有计较我的失态，就当什么也没发生似的继续下去。

NOTE The meaning of the French expression is ‘wrong step’. 这个法语表达法的意思是“错误的一步”。

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