tone-deaf
adjective uk/ˌtəʊnˈdef/ us/ˌtoʊnˈdef/
不能辨别音高的
Someone who is tone-deaf is not able to recognize different notes or sing tunes accurately.
I'm not quite tone-deaf, but a singing career has never been something I've considered.
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- 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.