1.It was a gaffe by Fifa and they must offer an explanation.
它是一个过失由国际足联,他们必须对受到指责的某种见解或行为加以申辩解释。
2.I now realize that I should have had the courtesy to acknowledge my gaffe and apologize, but words failed me at the time.
我现在已经意识到自己应该有礼貌地承认自己的失礼,然后表达歉意,但是当时却说不出这样的话来。
3.MSNBC's Chris Matthews pointed out - as News Night's senior producer Jim Harper does in the episode - that this gaffe was, above all, a missed opportunity.