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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A socially awkward or tactless act.
  一种社交方面尴尬或不老练的动作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。