digression

英[daɪ'ɡreʃn] 美[daɪ'ɡreʃn]
  • n. 离题;脱轨
digressional
GRE TOEFL
Noun:
  1. a message that departs from the main subject

  2. 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"

  3. wandering from the main path of a journey

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

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Here a short digression becomes necessary.
      这里有必要加一点题外的话。
    2. 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。
    3. Now let's return from this digression to our subject.
      现在咱们言归正传。
    4. 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。