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digression

n.  离题;脱轨

复数:digressions 

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BNC.20770 / COCA.21375

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 离题;偏离主题
    If youdigress, you move away from the subject you are talking or writing about and talk or write about something different for a while.
    1. I've digressed a little to explain the situation so far, so let me now recap...
      刚才我稍稍离题说明了迄今的情况,现在让我来概述一下。
    2. She digressed from her prepared speech to pay tribute to the President.
      她脱离了发言稿的主题,对总统给予了高度赞扬。

英英释义

noun

双语例句

  • But to return from this digression, my understanding could furnish no reason why the knocking at the gate in Macbeth should produce any effect, direct or reflected.
    现在言归正传,我的思维能莫名地提供给我为什么《麦克白》里的深夜叩门之声会直接或间接地产生一些效果。
  • In other words, you're given to expect that you're going to see another horse that's going to be some other catastrophe, but you don't get that, you have a digression.
    也就是说,你期待,看到另一匹,代表其他灾难的马,但是这次例外了。
  • You have these four building up of terrible things, and the fifth is a digression that gives you comfort.
    前四道印用一系列可怕灾难作铺垫,第五道印是给人以安慰的题外话。
  • Then after that digression then you have this seventh seal which is really kind of anticlimactic.
    在这题外话之后,是第七道印,相当虎头蛇尾。
  • This, however, is a digression, from which we must return to Socrates.
    然而,这些都是题外的话,我们还是回到苏格拉底的身上来吧。
  • This digression added to the liveliness of her talk.
    这一段插话使她的报告生动多了。
  • However, here, I want to say a light digression.
    我还想说一点题外话可以吗。
  • A diversion from the main highway; a digression into irrelevant details; a deflection from his goal.
    从主要公路的一个转向;进入无关联细节的偏离。
  • In saying this I have been running into a digression;
    我在说这些的时候,已经陷入了循环。
  • After this digression we return now to our original problem.
    在这一段插话以后,现在回到原来的问题。