I know he didn't mean to say that. It was only a slip of the tongue.
我知道他讲话的原意不是那样, 仅仅是失言罢了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
历史表明,如果候选人表现不佳, 特别是失言之举, 会使他们在大选中严重受损.
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I dropped a real clanger when I mentioned the party. He hadn't been invited.
我无意中失言提起了聚会的事情,而他并没有被邀请.
《简明英汉词典》
The Foreign Secretary slipped on a banana skin when he accidentally referred to foreigners as wogs.
当外交大臣无意中把外国人称为外国佬时,他失言了.
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