tactless

英 ['tæktləs] 美 ['tæktləs]

• adj. 无机智的；不圆滑的；不得体的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. 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"
   

2. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;

   "an inept remark"
   "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. It was tactless of you to tell him in front of others.
   你实在不机智，竟当着别人面前告诉他。
2. My defects are blunt, tactless and over sensible.
   我缺点耿直, 不圆滑, 过份理智。

经典引文

• I was tactless enough to mutter aloud at the desecration.

  出自： M. Sendak

• She then went on to make some rather tactless remarks about girls wanting to be hairdressers and childminders.

  出自：Independent

近反义词

【近义词】

• insensitive 不敏感的
• undiplomatic 无外交策略的...
• indiscreet 不谨慎的
• indelicate （指人及言行等）不文雅的...
• gauche 笨拙的
• thoughtless 没有考虑的
• inconsiderate 不体谅他人的...
• unfeeling 无情的
• injudicious 不明智的
• careless 粗心的
• impolite 不礼貌的
• unthinking 考虑不周的
• rude 粗鲁无礼的
• unkind 不和善的
• clumsy 笨拙的
• crass 粗鲁的
• untactful 不圆滑的
• inept 不适当的

【反义词】

• tactful 机智的