Just avoiding gaffes would be progress.

只要避免失误就会有进步。

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Or that Joe Biden's prone to making gaffes?

或者就说乔·拜登总是容易出丑？

youdao

Such gaffes and inexperience made Mr Kaczynski easy to lampoon.

上述种种失态与缺乏经验，让卡钦斯基先生轻易成为讽刺的对象。

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He was also criticized for making a number of gaffes, including not appearing to know the Belgian national anthem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Palin made her share of political gaffes during the campaign, which became fodder for late-night comedians on television.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

He made a few blatant public relations gaffes, such as saying he would like to get his life back, after 11 people had been killed when the drilling rig exploded in April and oil continued to gush into the Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

At times he strays into what one of his predecessors, Massimo D'Alema, described as "planetary gaffes".

BBC: In quotes: Italy's Silvio Berlusconi in his own words

Subtle, undetected slippages in trust--not just big, one-off gaffes--can do plenty of damage, too.

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You have to be very wary when politicians are being accused of making "gaffes".

BBC: Mitt Romney: Is the gaffe really a gaffe?