委婉的回答总是比讽刺更好。

A soft answer is always better than a sarcastic one.

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如果我回避这个问题，或是借助更加委婉的敷衍式的回答，那我会令他们失望，也令患者失望。

If I evaded the question, or relied on euphemisms, I would fail them and fail our patient.

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当被问及奥林巴斯的财务顾问是否与“反社会势力”(对日本黑帮“极道”的委婉称谓)有染时，高山回答到：“根本就没有这么回事！”

Mr Takayama was asked whether any of Olympus's financial advisers had ties to "anti-social forces", a euphemism for the yakuza (Japanese Mafia). He replied: "I don't acknowledge that at all."

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Instead of being very direct, you can use "I don't know" to soften your response slightly.

但你不想说得那么直接，你可以用“I don't know”来让你的回答更为委婉。

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