形 tactful，polite，[书]gentle and agreeable，meek，beautiful ；

[例句] 婉儿更气了, 声音里充满了苦恼. Wan - erh's anger mounted , but there was misery in her voice.

[例句] 婉儿用更低的声音问 鸣凤 道,声音很温和,比她平时说话慢了些. Wan - erh asked Ming - feng softly. She spoke more slowly than usual.

mild and roundabout，tactful，euphemistic，circumbendibus ；

[例句] “又累又激动”是形容人喝醉酒的一种委婉说法。 "Tired and emotional" is a code word for being drunk.

[例句] 现在“提前退休”几乎就是裁员的委婉说法。 The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.

gentle words，euphemism，graciously decline，politely refuse ；

[例句] 这些良好感觉只不过是婉辞下偏离真实的备用品. Those fine feelings were spared from reality by careful euphemisms.

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[例句] 当她坐在教堂里时,脸上带着一种哀婉和辛辣的表情. As she sat in church her face had a pathos and poignancy.

[例句] 该剧以最后一场的哀婉动人而著称. The play is notable for the pathos of its final scene.

excuse oneself from ；

[例句] 我只是甜笑着婉拒了。 I just smiled sweetly and said no.

[例句] 我们设法婉拒了。 We managed to decline gracefully.

tactful，unobjectionable，euphemistical ；

[例句] 你看,我是个非常慎重婉转的人. You will see I am a man of extreme delicacy.

[例句] 彼得先生向他 岳母 很婉转的说出他的困难. Mr. Peter alluded to his difficulties with his mother - in - law .

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[例句] 她很婉转地提出了这个建议. She suggested it in a very roundabout way.

[例句] 她机敏婉转地谈到我们最近的损失. She spoke with delicacy of our recent loss.

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