digression
英 [da?'gre?(?)n]
美[da?'gr???n]
- n. 離題；脫軌
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?digressions;動詞:?digress;
英文詞源
- 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.)).
雙語例句
- 1. The audience cried the speaker down as soon as he started on a third digression.
- 當發言人第三次扯到題外去時聽眾發出喊聲,使他講不下去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. All this is a digression,'he added in a different tone.
- 不過這都是題外話. ” 他又換了口氣說.
來自英漢文學
- 3. Now let's return from this digression to our subject.
- 現在咱們言歸正傳。
來自辭典例句
- 4. After this digression we return now to our original problem.
- 在這一段插話以后,現在回到原來的問題.
來自辭典例句
- 5. At this moment, thoughts of Celia were a digression.
- 此時此刻關于西莉亞的念頭讓人走神.
來自辭典例句