And he was seldom tactful in doing it.

何况这样做时是少拐弯抹角的。

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

尽量委婉一些，不要伤害们的感情。

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劝说特里克兰德增加营养的那种耐心和手。

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

用另一种方式表达，非常委婉和间接。

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

告诉这件事时要机智些，因为的脾气恶劣。

Tactful people deal with people and situations very well.

机智的人能处理人和情况。

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

我从来都不是个圆滑的人；对付过于殷勤的男孩子我还没经验。

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

是的，非常非常。这是另一个例子。这是一个的间接或委婉表达的例子。

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一种更礼貌、更委婉或更间接的表达方式。

Other words which are similar, are tactful and indirect.

其类似的词是委婉和间接的。

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，船长喜欢的言行得体，在克服了晕船后，成为一名没有衔职的厨师。

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明智的，但是她的做法却使我不高兴。接着她下面一句话更叫我生气。

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

最要紧的是得用一种巧妙的方式让弗兰克明白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，这是一种更加委婉和敏感的措辞，它没有说出正在发生的事情。

Gerry says that everyone else was trying to be tactful.

格里说其人都试图表现得圆滑。

Are you saying I can't be tactful?

你是说我处理不吗？

That wouldn't have been very tactful, would it?

那就不够明智了？

He knew the question was a tactful offer of help.

知道这个问题是一种委婉的帮助。