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

• I suppose it was rather tactless of me to ask.
  我想我这样问实在有些不得体。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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？
• A socially awkward or tactless act.
  一种社交方面尴尬或不老练的动作。
• 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。
• 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。
• "So would I," said the tactless clerk.
  “我也是”，这个不不熟练的店员说。
• 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。