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

• He can be very tactless sometimes.
  他有时很不讲方式方法。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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 "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。
• "So would I," said the tactless clerk.
  “我也是”，这个不不熟练的店员说。
• If that's true, it's a tactless story.
  这要是事实就太失风雅了。
• To make a tactless remark.
  不得体的评论。
• 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。
• A socially awkward or tactless act.
  一种社交方面尴尬或不老练的动作。