faux pas

In social situations, there is an uneasiness, clumsiness, or perhaps some sort of minor embarrassment or faux pas on your part.

在社交场合，你显得有点不自然，有点笨拙，甚至可能会造成一些小尴尬和失态。

Now, Google has a way to help protect you (and others) from such a faux pas.

现在，谷歌发明了一种方法来防止你（和其他人）出现这种囧事。

Meanwhile, in an unfortunate red carpet faux pas, Pink and Shakira both showed up in the same Balmain dress.

与此同时，红毯上出现了一个不幸的窘境，粉红佳人和夏奇拉穿着相同的巴尔曼礼服现身。

US State Department spokesman admitted the diplomatic faux pas, and joked that it is better a week early than a week late.

美国国务院发言人承认了这个外交失礼并且开玩笑地说，早一个礼拜总比晚一个礼拜好。

The diplomatic faux pas was awkwardly admitted by spokesman PJ Crowley, who said: "Better a week early than a week late. "

美国国务院发言人克劳利尴尬地承认了这一外交失误，并说祝贺“早一周总比晚一周好”。

His supervisor still gave him a promotion despite his faux pas at the meeting.

尽管他开会时犯错，他上司仍然给他升级。

And as I said, when I make a mistake or commit a culture faux pas, people usually understand.

像我说的，当我犯了错误或者有口误的时候，人们通常可以理解。

One of the clumsier faux pas is when a customer fails to inform the master in advance of dislikes or allergies.

另外，有一种更笨拙的失误行径，就是顾客没事前告知寿司师傅他不喜欢什么或者对什么有过敏反应。

And thank me for forgiving you of your dating faux pas.

感谢我原谅你上次约会的失礼。

Traditionally, the OBE medal is worn on the left side, and commentators during the coverage noted the faux pas during their telecasts.

就传统来说，大英帝国勋章是要戴在左边的，评论员们在报道的时候注意到了这个小小的失礼。

Refill your own wine glass in France without offering more to the rest of the table, and you've made a faux pas.

而在法国，只给自己添酒而不顾及同桌的其他客人，会被看作失礼。

Bush is no stranger to the occasional faux pas, and often jokes about his habit of mangling the English language.

布什总统爱犯口误已不是什么新鲜事，他也常常自嘲自己爱说错话的毛病。

We have made the ultimate faux pas of putting hyphens into what should be natural language commands .

我们很失礼的把连字符放到本应是自然语言命令的地方。

There's social faux pas around the molestation of children.

这种社会性的失礼，是对小孩子的骚扰。

Grayling's faux pas, his violation of politically approved etiquette, was not an isolated example.

葛瑞林的失礼，他对于政治正确礼仪的冒犯，绝不是一个孤立的例子。

We consider it very impolite to tell people when they have committed some social faux pas.

我们认为当他人失礼时，告诉他这些是很不礼貌的。

She added, rather controversially, that red hair was a dating faux pas too.

她还说——点颇有争议——红头发约会大忌。

Hiring a PR firm can be well worth the expense, but even then a nasty faux pas can occur.

雇佣一所公共关系事务所物有所值，然而即使这样做了，也有可能出现严重的失言。

In a competitive job market, employers have the luxury of choice, and even a minor faux pas can hurt your chances.

在竞争激烈的就业市场上，雇主们拥有众多选择，微小的失礼也可能毁掉你的机会。

We've all been guilty of a cultural faux pas twice or more when we cross into unfamiliar territories.

我们在跨入那不怎么熟悉的地带时，每个人多多少少都会有那么两次以上的失礼与失态（得罪）。