digression
英 [da?'gre?(?)n]
美[da?'gr???n]
- n. 离题；脱轨
GRETOEFL畅通词汇
词态变化
复数:?digressions;动词:?digress;
英文词源
- digression (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin digressionem (nominative digressio) "a going away, departing," noun of action from past participle stem of digredi "to deviate," from dis- "apart, aside" (see dis-) + gradi "to step, go" (see grade (n.)).
双语例句
- 1. The audience cried the speaker down as soon as he started on a third digression.
- 当发言人第三次扯到题外去时听众发出喊声,使他讲不下去.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. 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.
来自英汉文学
- 3. Now let's return from this digression to our subject.
- 现在咱们言归正传。
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句