分寸 proper limits for speech or action; sense of propriety 不知分寸 lack tact; have no sense of propriety; 發言有分寸 make a measured speech; 有失分寸 a breach of propriety; 做事有分寸 observe proper restraint; act with propriety
掌握 1.(支配; 運用) grasp; master; know well 掌握技術 master techniques; 掌握國家資源 control national resources; 掌握新情況 keep abreast of new developments; 掌握重點 give priority to the most important aspects2.(控制, 主持) have in hand; take into one's hands; hold; control 掌握會議 preside over a meeting; 掌握軍權 hold the military power; 掌握主動權 have the initiative in one's hands
有分寸 having a sense of propriety; knowing how far to go and when to stop
不知分寸 indiscreet; have no eye for proportion; have no sense of propriety; lacking a sense of propriety; lack tact; not knowing how far one can go
Her sense of delicacy was singular . 她對掌握分寸,也有自己的奇特標準。
That he could bring off this balancing act was a tribute to his tact, his intelligence, and his instinct for the scope and the limits of indiscretion . 這種平衡術之所以奏效,應當歸功于他八面玲瓏,腦筋靈活,掌握分寸恰到好處。
Though not too much because she knew how to cry nicely before the mirror 可又不能哭得太厲害。她對著鏡子掌握分寸,要哭得恰到好處。