| 单词 | tactless |
| 释义 | tactless adjective uk/ˈtækt.ləs/us/ˈtækt.ləs/notcarefulabout saying or doing something that couldupsetsomeone: 不得体的，不圆通的，不明智的It was tactless of you toinvitehis ex-girlfriend.你邀请他的前任女友很不明智。 Inconsiderate
Examplesoftactlesstactless The stylization originates in a quotation from a shared story line involving a truck driver who madetactlessadvances to one of the par ticipants. From theCambridge English Corpus I repudiate most strongly the suggestion that my staff aretactlessor inexperienced and that they adopt a bullying tone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen fine-brained workmen changed into enemies of authority bytactlesshandling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is about time somebody wastactlessand that this was said, because it is true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seemstactlessto welcome something which gives a premium for something which does not exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Precipitate action or atactlessmove or indiscretion by anyone in power would have meant greater trouble than we are now experiencing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, although it istactlessof me to mention it, we need to dwell on it for a while. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It can betactless, overdrawn, offensive or unsuccessful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not, therefore, wish to be sotactlessas to intrude upon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not suggesting that all military policemen aretactless, but onetactlessman can do more harm than 20 good men can do good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We wronged these people by dismissing them in such atactlessfashion, and they deserved compensation for this. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Perhaps it was rathertactlessof me to raise the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I will not betactlessand talk about cutting prices "at a stroke ". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I, for one, find ittactlessto say the least—indeed, probably counter-productive—to suggest, even by implication, that we do not trust them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe it istactless, to say the least. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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