digression
英
美
n. 离题;脱轨
复数:digressions
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.- 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。 - 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。
- I've digressed a little to explain the situation so far, so let me now recap...
英英释义
noun
- wandering from the main path of a journey
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- a diversion from the main highway
- a digression into irrelevant details
- a deflection from his goal
- a message that departs from the main subject
双语例句
- 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。 - If the group sets a specific problem for itself, and then sets a tight deadline to come up with answers, the free digression of conversation will provide occasions in which people are surprised by their own minds.
如果讨论组本身设定了一个具体的问题,同时也设置了一个得出解答的期限,那么人们在随意交谈的过程中,可能就会对自己的想法感到惊奇。 - The onboard responder antenna drops into or near the rail top which cause the train digression.
车载应答器天线坠入铁轨或其附近,导致列车脱轨。 - The fifth seal is actually a digression that tells you, the audience, that if you suffer in this present time it will be taken care of by God.
第五道印实际上是题外话,它告诉读者,如果你现在正遭受不幸,上帝会来救你的。 - By my rambling digression, I perceive myself to be grown old.
这么漫笔杂谈,我自觉有种年老之感。 - 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。 - The wreck was caused by the digression of the two ships.
这次遇难事件是由两只轮船的脱离航道引起的。 - 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。 - All this is a digression, 'he added in a different tone.
不过这都是题外话。他又换了口气说。 - Let's stick to here and now. At this moment, thoughts of Celia were a digression.
此时此刻关于西莉亚的念头让人走神。