| 词汇 | tone-deaf |
| 释义 | tone-deaf adjective uk /ˌtəʊnˈdef/ us /ˌtoʊnˈdef/ Someone who is tone-deaf is not able to recognize different notes or sing tunes accurately: 不能辨别音高的 I'm not quite tone-deaf, but a singing career has never been something I've considered. disapproving not understanding how people feel about something, or what is needed in a particular situation: Many politicians are tone-deaf to the anxieties of the average voter. People in the streets here are angry about his tone-deaf response to the criticisms. He always knew he couldn't carry a tune. But is he genuinely tone-deaf, or just off key? Why was this spectacularly tone-deaf singer able to headline a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall in 1944? She complains that the store's management has been tone-deaf when it comes to women's issues. The mayor is obviously tone-deaf when it comes to legitimate citizens' grievances. The chief executive gave an interview which included some breathtakingly tone-deaf remarks about the crisis. Writing, reading & studying music anti-musical bar canonical composition compositional music-making musically musicologist musicology non-musical reorchestration rescore self-composed sheet music sight-read tablature transpose transposition uncanonical unmusical You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not paying attention tone-deaf | American Dictionarytone-deaf adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈtoʊn ˌdef/ not able to recognize different notes or sing tunes accurately Examples of tone-deaftone-deaf In the auditory presence of such perfect pitch, tone-deaf critics should keep silent. The tone-deaf are not encouraged to take up music. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I heard that remark with great sympathy, being tone-deaf myself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At a young age, he showed an adept talent for performance, but was discouraged when directors thought he was tone-deaf. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These disabilities can appear separately, but some research shows that they are more likely to appear in tone-deaf people. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In an interview he admitted he used to be tone-deaf in primary school and was frequently ridiculed for his dream of becoming a singer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Torippii is an aspiring singer, however he is somehow tone-deaf. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Unfortunately, she is tone-deaf and a terrible singer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is energetic and excitable, and she likes to sing despite being tone-deaf. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For a start, she no longer seems tone-deaf. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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