tact
noun /tækt/
/tækt/
[uncountable]- the ability to deal with difficult or embarrassing situations carefully and without doing or saying anything that will annoy or upset other people
（处事、言谈等的）圆通，老练，圆滑 - Settling the dispute required great tact and diplomacy.
解决这个争端需要十分老练和娴熟的外交手腕。 - She is not exactly known for her tact.
她并不以策略见称。
- The incident should have been handled with more tact by the police.
这个事件警方应该可以处理得更灵活一些。 - The situation called for considerable tact.
这种情况需要很灵活才行。 - Their host, who was the soul of tact, never mentioned the incident again.
他们的主人是极老练的人，再没有提及那次事件。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- have
- call for
- need
- …
- with tact
- a lack of tact
- tact and diplomacy
词源mid 17th cent. (denoting the sense of touch): via French from Latin tactus ‘touch, sense of touch’, from tangere ‘to touch’. - Settling the dispute required great tact and diplomacy.