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单词 tactful
释义
tactful
adjective
uk
/ˈtækt.fəl/us
/ˈtækt.fəl/
C2
carefulnot to say or do anything that couldupsetsomeone:
圆通的，乖巧的，机敏的
Mentioning hisbaldnesswasn't very tactful.提起他的秃顶是不太得体的。
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tactfully
(Definition oftactfulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftactful

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They aretactfuland attend to the face wants of their friends and themselves.
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It is only after patient andtactfulprobing that reliable information can be obtained.
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What qualifies his agency in this crucial instance is atactfuldeployment of the ethic of the gift.
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The nursery schools assumed that children learn best through their freely undertaken experimentation and play in a richly provided environment, with adults providingtactfulbackground support.
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In what is an independent assessment he is described as "tactful; charming; warm; loyal; cheerful".
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In atactfuland agreeable way which is well understood in many parts of the world, they act as a symbol of mobile power.
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I talked about the charming, courteous andtactfulinspectors who would be employed.
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He was not the mosttactfulof men at times, but he was not incompetent; nobody would say that he was.
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I entirely agree that it was the mosttactfulway of saying it.
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I have found them sensible,tactful, sympathetic, tolerant and helpful.
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Everybody knows it, and there is no use any longer being diplomatic andtactfulabout it.
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I hope that is atactfulway of putting it.
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I am moretactfulthan to make such remarks about our football team.
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I shall try to be as loyal and astactfulas possible in my comments on this situation.
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Have not the police been most efficient andtactfulin carrying out their duties?
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