tactless

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈtækt.ləs]
• 美式音标 [ˈtækt.ləs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.无机智的；不圆滑的；不得体的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• It is tactless on the part of the publishers.
  “就出版商们而言出版这本挂历是不明智的”。
• Do not be intrusive or tactless, for heaven’s sake, but take a moment and ask someone, how did you come here or how did you get into this business?
  看在老天的份上，不要去干涉别人的私事或说不得体的话，但你可以花上片刻工夫问问某个人，他是怎么来到这里的或者他是怎么干上这一行的？
• First of all, despite his tactless approach, the reporter brought home a very important point.
  首先，尽管那个记者说话不够得体，但他的确说到了一个重点。

权威例句

• At the same time, however, their sense of utility in such matters was not crass or tactless.
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• More damaging still are reports of tactless comments by Chris Gent, Vodafone's boss, over the Christmas break.
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• Romanian politicians, notably the president, Traian Basescu, have made grandiloquent and tactless statements.
  ECONOMIST: Violent protests erupt against the government of Moldova

词组短语

短语

• tactless advances 笨拙的求爱
• tactless s 不机敏的;不机敏既
• Undisciplined and tactless 失去了理智
• In A Tactless Manner 以不方式;没有机智
• a tactless person 不圆滑的人

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• not careful about saying or doing something that could upset someone

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe someone as tactless, you think what they say or do is likely to offend other people.

专业释义

心理学

• 不老练的