diplomacy
/dɪˈpləʊməsɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad（尤指一国代表在国外的）外交职业, 外交活动, 外交手腕：
an extensive round of diplomacy in the Middle East.
在中东地区进行的一轮广泛的外交活动。
1.1
- the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and effective way（处理人际关系的）手腕, 圆滑; 得体：
his genius for tact and diplomacy.
他机敏圆滑的天赋。
词源
late 18th cent.: from French diplomatie, from diplomatique 'diplomatic', on the pattern of aristocratie 'aristocracy'.