Being too diplomatic is safer, unless it devolves into insincere platitudes.

说话过于圆滑更安全，除非说的话成了不真诚的陈词滥调。

His voice was deceptively smooth, almost silky, but she did not notice.

他的口气很圆滑，甚至有讨好的意思，可是她不意。

" Well then, you'll know he's so arrogant that criticism simply bounces off him, " Snape said sleekly.

“那你该知道他骄傲自大，批评对他就像耳旁风。”斯内普圆滑地说。

These form by getting caught in the crashing waves near the edge of a beach forcing them to continually spin over and over and over, leading to a more spherical look.

们被困海滩边缘的汹涌海浪中，被迫不断旋转，最终形成了更圆滑的球形外观。

Not everyone is as smooth and pulled it off like Lou did.

不是每个人都能像 Lou 那样圆滑自如。

" Good afternoon, " he said smoothly. They stared at him.

“下午好。”他用圆滑的口吻说。他们呆呆地盯着他。

Gauguin, the dodgy stockbroker, allowed to lurk on the edge of art.

高更，这个圆滑的股票纪人，被允许游离于艺术的边缘地带。

He's a good politician. There are people who know how to sell ice to Eskimos.

他是个好政治家。有些人很圆滑，有说服力。

I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot.

我试图回答得很圆滑，但绝大多数时候我不过是说了一大堆谎话。

" She was smooth" . He said to himself. He felt he must tell her how quirk he was. As he got to the kitchen he saw his mother drinking a cup of tea.

" 她很圆滑。" 他觉得必须告诉她，他是多么的惊异。他进厨房后，看见他的母亲茶。

Simon Russell Beale (pictured above) is a chillingly hilarious Stalin; substituting a West Country burr for the original Georgian accent, he is cunning and charming, manipulative, menacing and intellectually insecure.

Simon Russell Beale（如图）扮演了一个冷酷却又惹人发笑的斯大林，用西方粗喉音代替了他原来的乔治亚时期的口音。他世故圆滑，富于魅力，控制欲强，具有威慑力同时又反复无常。

It's a pebble that must have been tumbled downstream, banged and smoothed against other stones as it went, in the process that geologists poetically describe as 'chattering'.

这肯定是一枚来自下游的卵石了，逐流而下的过程中，受流水冲刷，砂石间反复翻滚摩擦，直到棱角尽失，成为圆滑可爱的卵石。地质学家们很诗意地将这过程描述为“千锤百炼，终成果”。

When asked why he designed two 110-storey buildings instead of one 220-storey building, he replied, flippantly, " I didn't want to lose the human touch."

当问及为什么要设计成两座110层的大楼而不是一座220层的大楼时，他很圆滑地答道：“我不想失去人情味。”

Some of that may be a diplomatic dose of flattery; much of it, from firms such as IKEA, SoftBank, Amazon and Starbucks, is sincerely meant.

有些也许只是圆滑地奉承，但包括宜家、软银、亚马逊和星巴克内的大多数公司却是发自内心地这样认为。

I'm one of her greatest admirers. But, if the cause of women is to be advanced, it must be done with care, tact and discretion.

我是最仰慕她的人之一了，但是如果真想推动女权就必须小心、圆滑、谨慎。

His last word, in striking contrast with the smoothness of his previous utterance, snapped like the lash of a whip. The cook quailed under it.

他那" 明白" 两字是像鞭子一样抽出来的，跟以前的圆滑截然不同。 厨工给抽得蔫头耷脑。

" Wormtail, Wormtail, " said the cold voice silkily, " why would I kill you? I killed Bertha because I had to. "

虫尾巴，虫尾巴，" 那个冰冷的声音圆滑地说，" 我为什么要杀死你呢？我杀死伯莎? 乔金斯是因为迫不得已。

“Very well, ” said Voldemort, and Harry heard more danger in the silkiness of his voice than in the most powerful curse.

“很好。”伏地魔说，哈利听出他圆滑的声音里包含着比最残酷的咒语更大的危险。

He has said he will quit politics following a general election in November, ending the career of one of Europe's canniest operators.

他曾表示，将11月大选后退出政坛，欧洲最精明圆滑的领袖之一的执政生涯将告一段落。

As Felix was becoming more popular, the animator Bill Nolan decided to remove his snout and make him more circular overall.

随着菲利克斯猫越来越受欢迎，动画师 Bill Nolan 决定删去他的鼻子，让他整体看起来更圆滑。