diplomacy

diplomacy
noun
  1. [mass noun]the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad
    (尤指一国代表在国外的)外交职业,外交活动,外交手腕
    an extensive round of diplomacy in the Middle East.
    在中东地区进行的一轮广泛的外交活动。
    ■the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and effective way
    (处理人际关系的)手腕,圆滑;得体
    his genius for tact and diplomacy.
    他机敏圆滑的天赋。
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: from French diplomatie, from diplomatique 'diplomatic', on the pattern of aristocratie 'aristocracy'
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