diplomatic

diplomatic
adjective
  1. 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。
  2. (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
  1. 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
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