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digressing

/dih-gres, dahy-/US // dɪˈgrɛs, daɪ- //UK // (daɪˈɡrɛs) //

漫无边际,闲话少说,离题,离题话

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
    • : Archaic. to turn aside.

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Examples

  • But it would be digressing beyond a proper boundary, to go minutely into this subject here.

  • I was merely digressing, which I admit is wrong, as you're apt to distract the attention of your hearer from the real subject.

  • But this word reminds me that I am digressing and am on the point of leaving the domain of mathematics and physics.

  • But I am digressing; for the fact is that I always see more of sacerdotalism afloat than I do on land.

  • There I go again—digressing as usual and quoting poetry and trying to be literary and all that!