| 单词 | tact |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [tækt] |
| 解释 | n.机智；圆滑 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 机智; 圆滑(a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense) 【考】 tact : offensive / money : poor(圆滑的人不会冒犯/ 有钱的人不会贫穷)diplomat : tact / inventor : ingenuity(外交官机智/发明家 创新) 【例】 a man of great tact(极为机敏的人) |
| 字源 | tact (n.) 1650s, "sense of touch or feeling" (with an isolated instance, tacþe from c.1200), from Latin tactus "a touch, handling, sense of touch," from root of tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Meaning "sense of discernment in action or conduct, diplomacy, fine intuitive mental perception" first recorded 1804, from development in French cognate tact. The Latin figurative sense was "influence, effect." |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 机智; 老练(与别人交往时不冒犯他人地说话或行动); 触觉 【记】源于: tactic(n 策略; 战略), 有tactic的人tact 【类】tact: offensive = money: poor圆滑的人不会冒犯 = 有钱的人不会贫穷diplomat: tact = inventor: ingenuity外交官机智 = 发明家创新 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自touch 触觉，敏感，机敏；感觉好，跟别人交往时知道该说(做)与不该说(做)什么；contact 接触，联系→知道怎么和别人接触 【相关】tactile 触觉的, intact 完整无缺的, 未被人触(碰)过的, outact(out 超过+ tact 机敏)胜过， tangent接触的, 切线的 |
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