所以如果你会做很多公开讲话，你需要谨言慎行。

And so if you do a lot of public speaking, you simply need to speak with that in mind.

谨言慎行使他在帝国掌权时保住了自己的地位。

Such discretion allowed him to retain his standing as the Empire rose to power.

对监狱进行比较需要谨言慎行，并且会给私立监狱的批评者们留下口实。

Comparing prisons is tricky, and that leaves plenty of ammunition for critics of private jails.

大多数人仍不得不谨言慎行，免得冒犯上司和同事，还有一些人为了不得罪别人，干脆拒说任何不中听的话。

Most people have to watch what they say for fear of offending their bosses and colleagues. Others resist saying anything that might make them unpopular.