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!
- a tactless remark
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.- 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。
- Throughout his school life Darius was tactless and egocentric...
英英释义
adj
- revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
- an inept remark
- it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable
- 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
双语例句
- Her comment was tactless, to say the least.
她的评论至少可以说是不策略的。 - 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。 - He had alienated many people with his tactless remarks.
他说话没个轻重,得罪了许多人。 - 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 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。 - 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? - 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。 - He can be very tactless sometimes.
他有时很不讲方式方法。 - If that's true, it's a tactless story.
这要是事实就太失风雅了。 - 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。