tactless
英 [ˈtæktləs]
美 [ˈtæktləs]
adj. 言行不得体的; 得罪人的; 不圆通的; 没策略的
BNC.23021 / COCA.34736
牛津词典
adj.
- 言行不得体的;得罪人的;不圆通的;没策略的
saying or doing things that are likely to annoy or to upset other people
- a tactless remark
不得体的话 - It was tactless of you to comment on his hair!
你竟对他的头发说三道四,真是缺心眼!
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (言行)未经考虑的,冒失的,没分寸的
If you describe someone as tactless, you think what they say or do is likely to offend other people.
- Throughout his school life Darius was tactless and egocentric...
上学期间,达赖厄斯粗鲁冒失,而且总以自我为中心。 - He had alienated many people with his tactless remarks.
他说话没个轻重,得罪了许多人。
双语例句
- Formal, exact and obstinate, he was also cold, suspicious, touchy and tactless.
严肃、严谨、倔强的他同时又冷漠、多疑、敏感、不会变通。
- Throughout his school life Darius was tactless and egocentric
上学期间,达赖厄斯粗鲁冒失,而且总以自我为中心。
- He had alienated many people with his tactless remarks.
他说话没个轻重,得罪了许多人。
- It was rather tactless of you to invite his exgirlfriend.
你把他的前任女友请来,真是少了个心眼。
- If that's true, it's a tactless story.
这要是事实就太失风雅了。
- Aside from being tactless, however, I cannot see what S& P did wrong.
然而,除了不够圆滑之外,我看不出标准普尔有什么地方做得不对。
- I "m afraid I" ll never live down that tactless remark I made.
恐怕我永远也没办法改正我那不谨慎的评价了。
- When a subject has been turned down, only a tactless person would pursue it.
当对方已拒绝谈论某个话题时,只有不上道的人才会追着这个话题谈下去。
- I'll never know, because you'll never be tactless enough to tell me, will you?
我永远搞不清楚,因为你永远不会开诚布公地告诉我,对不对?
- I was rather tactless me to ask such a question.
我竟问出这么个问题,实在是少了个心眼。
- An awkward or tactless act, manner, or expression.
笨拙行为一种笨拙或不老练的行为、方式或表情。
- She is well-intentioned, but her tactless manner tends to get people's backs up.
她倒是一片好心,但方法不当容易使人生气。
- A socially awkward or tactless act.
一种社交方面尴尬或不老练的动作。
- He does not seem to realize that his tactless manner puts people's backs up.
他好像没有意识到,他那不得体的态度会引起人们的反感。
- To make a tactless remark.
不得体的评论。
- He was totally tactless, said Arundhati Ghose, India's former ambassador to the United Nations.
他根本不懂事,印度前驻联合国大使阿兰达蒂·戈斯(ArundhatiGhose)说。
- Her tactless remark offended me.
她不成熟的评论让我不满。
- He has foot in mouth disease because he always says something tactless.
他有说错话的毛病,因为他常常说话没有技巧。
- It was out of order for him to make such a tactless remark.
他说出这种不策略的话是得不得体的。
- Her tactless remarks just added fuel to the fire.
她那些不得体的话简直是火上加油。
- An honest person tells the truth, a tactless person tells the whole truth.
诚实的人说真相,缺乏技巧的人说出所有真相。
- He generally means well, but he is a little tactless.
一般说他们的存心是好的,不过他对人有些生硬罢了。
- He can be very tactless sometimes.
他有时很不讲方式方法。
- Her comment was tactless, to say the least.
她的评论至少可以说是不策略的。
- "So would I," said the tactless clerk.
“我也是”,这个不不熟练的店员说。
- The mayor, however, generally administers the city in a centrist and technocratic albeit tactless way.
然而,布隆伯格基本上是以中间派和技术官僚尽管不够圆通的方式来管理这个城市的。
- I suppose it was rather tactless of me to ask.
我想我这样问实在有些不得体。
- I was a little bit condescending and tactless.
我实在显得有点谦逊和不老练。
- How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words!
我真的渴望能收回自己那无知的言语!
- It was, well, it was a little bit tactless I think.
这种做法是,嗯,这种做法我以为是有点儿不策略。
英英释义
adj
- revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
- an inept remark
- it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable
Synonym: inept
- lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
- in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age
Synonym: untactful