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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.
已經因爲過失而産生尲尬，你或許已經想到蘋果公司將會嚴厲鏟除此類粗心大意的行爲。
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.

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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.