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
  1. a tactless remark
     不得体的话
  2. 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 astactless, you think what they say or do is likely to offend other people.
  1. 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。
  2. He had alienated many people with his tactless remarks.
     他说话没个轻重，得罪了许多人。

英英释义

adj

• revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
  1. an inept remark
  2. 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
  1. in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age
  Synonym:untactful

双语例句

• 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。
• He can be very tactless sometimes.
  他有时很不讲方式方法。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• To make a tactless remark.
  不得体的评论。
• 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。
• 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。