And he was seldom tactful in doing it.

何况他样做时是很少拐弯抹角的。

Try to be tactful and try not to hurt their feelings.

尽量委婉些，不要伤害他们的感情。

Lynette, I wish I had time to be more tactful, but I don't.

勒奈特，没时间给你练习了。

I shall never forget the tactful patience with which he persuaded him to take nourishment.

我什么时候也忘不了他劝说思特里克兰德增加营养的那种耐心和手腕。

So tactful and indirect, the idea of saying it in another way.

种方式表达，非常委婉和间接。

This is another example. It's a very good example actually of being indirect or tactful.

是的，非常非常好。是例子。是很好的间接或委婉表达的例子。

Be tactful when you tell him because he has a very nasty temper.

告诉他件时要机智些，因为他的脾气很恶劣。

Tactful people deal with people and situations very well.

机智的人能很好地处理人和情况。

I had never been enormously tactful; I had no practice dealing with overly friendly boys.

我从来都不是很圆滑的人；对付过于殷勤的男孩子我还没经验。

Mesdames de Breville and Carre-Lamadon, who were accomplished women of the world, were gracious and tactful.

德·布雷维尔太太和卡雷-拉马东太太都是懂得人情世故的，知道怎样对她表示和气而又不失身分。

Other words which are similar, are tactful and indirect.

其他类似的词是委婉和间接的。

And so sometimes you want to find a way to say it more politely, to be tactful or indirect.

所以有时候你想找到种更礼貌、更委婉或更间接的表达方式。

Now, tactful and indirect is not polite in the same sense.

在同样的意义上，机智和间接是不礼貌的。

Luckily, being tactful, he was liked by the captain and, later, became a chef of no rank after overcoming seasickness.

幸运的是，船长喜欢他的言行得体，在克服了晕船后，他成为名没有衔职的厨师。

Probably it had been tactful to leave Daisy's house, but the act annoyed me and her next remark made me rigid.

她离开黛西的家可能是很明智的，但是她的做法却使我不高兴。接着她下面句话更叫我生气。

The most important was how to make Frank realize, in a tactful manner, that his store should bring in more money.

最要紧的是得种很巧妙的方式让弗兰克明白他那店必须赚更多的钱。

Basically, a turn of phrase that is more tactful and sensitive it kind of doesn't name the thing that is happening.

基本上，是种更加委婉和敏感的措辞，它没有说出正在发生的情。

Gerry says that everyone else was trying to be tactful.

Gerry说其他人都是在委婉表达。

Everyone nodded, agreeing that this was the most tactful approach.

众人点头，致认为是最为得体的方式。

Are you saying I can't be tactful?

你是说我处理不好吗？