查询词典 a slip of the tongue

After 400 pages of gripping narrative, Alexander hints that the mutiny might have involved "the seductions of Tahiti" and "Bligh's harsh tongue" but concludes that it was "a night of drinking and a proud man's pride, a low moment on one gray dawn, a momentary and fatal slip in a gentleman's code of discipline."

在经过400页扣人心弦的叙述之后，Alexander暗示这次反叛或许同"Tahiti岛上的诱惑"以及"Bligh的粗口"有关，但她最后仍然认为反叛的起因是"整夜的酗酒及一位高傲男子的自尊，黎明时分的情绪低落，还有一位绅士纪律准则中的致命疏忽。"

Whenever Wang Yan gave a lecture, he was always at ease and unhurried. If he made a slip of tongue, he would calmly go back and correct himself. Therefore people said that the "had orpiment in his mouth".

王衍在很多人面前讲演的时候，总是不慌不忙，有时候把内容讲错了，就很从容地随口改正，于是人们说他是「口中雌黄」。

I didn't mean to tell her the secret, but it was a slip of the tongue.

我本来不打算告诉她这个秘密的，但说漏了嘴。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。