如大家多知，“为尊者讳、为贤者讳、为亲者讳”语出孔子的《春秋》，是不把尊者，贤者，亲者”的丑事，缺点，恶事张扬出去，即为尊者，贤者，亲者避讳某些事。
后有人延伸为“为尊者讳耻,为贤者讳过,为亲者讳疾”，吾认为可列为：
为尊者隐讳（避而不谈也）其不光彩的事：For the respectable (respected) and honorable (honored), we shall not speak of the unmentionables (or unfavorable events that happened in regards to him/her).
为贤能的人隐讳其曾经的过失 For the skilled and virtuous, we shall not speak of their past mistakes.
为亲近的人隐讳其缺点 For those close to us, we shall not dwell on their shortcomings.

为尊者讳、为贤者讳、为亲者讳，简言之就是“为尊贵的人，贤能的人和亲近的人 隐讳 他们的不足”: For those who we respect, who are virtuous and wise, and for those close to us, we shall not speak of their shortcomings or mistakes. 无非就是要让“尊者”“贤者”“亲者”的好形象不被破坏

that's our opinion~

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Note added at 15 hrs (2008-05-28 03:34:23 GMT)
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Good question Lucy, thanks! 我只是单方面的讲了“为尊者讳、为贤者讳、为亲者讳”的原意，至于在Tony提供的这个context里，我刚开始只是认为，面对所谓的“正面人物”时，就会因为有“为尊者讳、为贤者讳、为亲者讳”的障碍，于是乎，就会有有话不敢说，不能说，或者不能说太多，要挑时机，挑场合，要注意对方的身份或地位等等问题。这本来就是讲究中庸之道的弊端，不是当今社会所崇尚的吧

不过确实不同的读者会做不同的理解。

maybe Tony could provide more context, like the whole paragraph or something. Im curious about its exact meaning too~ hehe