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单词 tact
释义
tact
noun[U]
uk
/tækt/us
/tækt/
C2
theabilityto say or do therightthing without making anyoneunhappyorangry:
（处事、言谈等的）得体，乖巧，机敏；外交手腕
He's never had much tact andpeopledon't like hisbluntmanner.他从来不懂什么处事技巧，大家都不喜欢他那生硬的态度。
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  • nicely
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(Definition oftactfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tact| American Dictionary

tact
noun[U]
us
/tækt/
theabilityto say or do things in such a way that you do not make anyoneunhappyorangry:
Theeditorsof thisbookhaveshowntact and goodsenseintheirselections.

tactful

adjectiveus
/ˈtækt·fəl/
You were very tactful about theawfulmealmymotherfixed.

tactfully

adverbus
/ˈtækt·fə·li/
Itriedto say as tactfully as I could that she wastotallywrong.
(Definition oftactfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftact

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Often it has been simply a gesture oftacttowards the feelings, however bigoted, of others, whether friends, family or colleagues.
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With exquisitetactand selfdenial, he has never allowed his passions for cricket and interesting motorcars to impinge on our conversation.
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Tactthat informs the sense of touch, attracts, and comes to rest on the threshold of the approach.
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A consequentialist who possesses a genuinely friendly character would abandon her friends with gentletactand a loving, sorrowful explanation.
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For the women who were involved, these sorts of visits requiredtact.
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This alludes to their mastery of craft andtact.
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Symons translates foreign culture withouttactor regard for history, the better to free the dance and the body from the mundane order of signification.
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This is an important matter of architecturaltact.
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I have acted, in this matter, withtactand prudence.
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Bureaucracy has at last made its thunderous entrance into a world it should have had thetactto keep away from.
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Nonetheless, it is possible to overcome this initial resistance, withtactand patience.
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Tactand friendliness can get us anything but official notes nothing.
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The empowerment of women through verbaltactand supernatural strength only increased female audience appeal.
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Conservative surgery was possible in 97% with mobilization of the anterior leaflet, longitudinal plication of the right inflowtact, reduction of the tricuspid annulus using prosthetic ring in older patients.
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Quietly, firmly and without fuss or bother, she radiated an aura of compromise, oftactand of understanding which were perhaps the most central characteristics of her personality.
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