digress

英[daɪ'ɡres] 美[daɪ'ɡres]
  • v. 走向岔道;离开本题;扯到枝节上
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TEM8 GRE
Verb:
  1. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking;

    "She always digresses when telling a story"
    "her mind wanders"
    "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

  2. wander from a direct or straight course

1. Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.
让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么.

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2. I digress. My tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen.
我离题太远了,我所要讲的故事主要不是关于鸡.

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3. When writing about aerosol one is continually invited to digress.
在描述气溶胶时人们经常离题.

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4. We shall not digress into the history of methanics.
我们不去深考力学的历史.

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5. There is no need to digress further on the sensuous plane.
没有心要更多地扯到灵感层次上去了.

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. I'll tell you a funny story,if I may digress for a moment.
      如果我可以暂时离开一下话题,我将讲一个有趣的故事给你听。
    2. Don't digress from the subject when lecturing.
      讲课时不要扯到枝节上。