of or concerning the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations 外交的,外交活动的,外交手腕的 diplomatic relations with Britain were broken. 与英国的外交关系中断了。 their conduct caused a diplomatic incident. 他们的行为造成了外交事件。 ■having or showing an ability to deal with people in a sensitive and effective way (处理人际关系)有手腕的,圆滑的;说话办事得体的 that was a very diplomatic way of putting it. 那是很圆滑的一种说法。
(of an edition or copy) exactly reproducing an original version (版本,副本)仿真的,和原件完全一致的 a diplomatic transcription. 一字未改的抄本。
派生 diplomatically adverb 语源
early 18th cent. (in the sense 'relating to official documents'): from modern Latin diplomaticus and French diplomatique, from Latin diploma (see diploma). Sense 1 (late 18th cent.) is probably due to the publication of the Codex Juris Gentium Diplomaticus (1695), a collection of public documents, many of which dealt with international affairs