And he was seldom tactful in doing it.

何况他这样做时是很少拐弯抹角的。

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

尽量委婉一些，不要伤害他们的感情。

Tactful people deal with people and situations very well.

机智的人能很好地处理人情况。

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。

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

用另一种方式表达，非常委婉间接。

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

告诉他这件事时要机智些，因为他的气很恶劣。

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手腕。

Other words which are similar, are tactful and indirect.

其他类似的词是委婉间接的。

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

我从来都不是个很圆滑的人；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，非常非常好。这是另一个例子。这是一个很好的间接或委婉表达的例子。

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

在同样的意义上，机智间接是不礼貌的。

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一种更礼貌、更委婉或更间接的表达方式。

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，他成为一名没有衔职的厨师。

Gerry says that everyone else was trying to be tactful.

格里说其他人都试图表现得圆滑。

Are you saying I can't be tactful?

你是说我处理不好吗？

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.

他知道这个问题是一种委婉的帮助。

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很巧的方式让弗兰克明白他那店必须赚更多的钱。

Of course you wouldn't. You're tactful.

当然不是你 你那么八面玲珑。

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。接着她下面一句话更叫我生气。