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 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。
• Her tactless remarks just added fuel to the fire.
  她那些不得体的话简直是火上加油。
• Her comment was tactless, to say the least.
  她的评论至少可以说是不策略的。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was a little bit condescending and tactless.
  我实在显得有点谦逊和不老练。
• 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。
• To make a tactless remark.
  不得体的评论。