Students seek hardheadedness, self-awareness and tact.
学生们追求冷静务实、自我意识和老练圆通。
——《经济学人》
The authors dismantle the first theory with tact.
作者们巧妙地推翻了第一个理论。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues
[名词] 与他人打交道或处理困难问题的技巧和体贴
她明确指出了那个新手的错误所在，既委婉又体贴。
She pointed out with tact and sensitivity exactly where the novice had gone wrong.
他从来不懂什么处事技巧，大家都不喜欢他那生硬的态度。
He's never had much tact and people don't like his blunt manner.
名著用例
Schooled in winning those birds of fine feather among his own sex, the merchants and professionals who visited his resort, he could use even greater tact when endeavouring to prove agreeable to some one who charmed him.
他的职业使他训练有素，善于讨好那些春风得意的男性同胞，那些光顾他的酒店的商人和高等专业人员。那么，在遇到一个让他着迷的人物时，他当然会使出更高明的手段，博取好感。
delicacy: tact and consideration
discretion: the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information
sensitivity: the quality or condition of being sensitive