carefully weigh every word; choose one’s words with great care; go over one’s wording carefully; refine (up)on words; write(/speak) in measured terms
? 所有的發(fā)言、報告，都可以拿回去修改，～，在五天之內(nèi)，把那些沒有講完的，或講得不妥的，再加以修改。(《毛澤東選集》Ⅴ—148)These comrades may go over their wording carefully and have five days to change whatever they had said inadequately or not quite correctly.
字斟句酌
pick one’s words with great care;deliberate what words to use;weigh every word
字斟句酌zì zhēn jù zhuó
對每一個字和每一句都要反復(fù)考慮、仔細推敲。形容態(tài)度非常慎重認真。weigh every word, choose one’s words with care