digression / dɪˈgrɛʃ ən, daɪ- /

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digression 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the act of digressing.
  2. a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.

digression 近义词

n. 名词 noun

deviation; straying

更多digression例句

  1. The early meandering — including bland pages on former pro turned tournament director James Blake and a curious digression on a 1964 Susan Sontag essay — reflects a lack of focus that is distinctly un-Serena like.
  2. Even the rounder ones are prone to opaque digressions and have unconversational penchants for technical vocabulary.
  3. While Frankel uses “Midnight Cowboy” to trace broader cultural trends, some digressions are extraneous.
  4. Appleton’s digital garden, for example, includes thoughts on plant-based meat, book reviews, and digressions on Javascript and magical capitalism.
  5. Before we get to conservatives, permit me this brief methodological digression.
  6. A slight digression: those of you who watch HGTV may have noticed a lot of Canadian accents on the shows.
  7. The point of this nostalgic digression involves the occasional real-world impact of media malfeasance.
  8. After that dizzying digression, she turns right back to her time in the state legislature again.
  9. At one point, he justified the calls with a markedly unhelpful digression about the movie Dr. Strangelove.
  10. Once he permitted himself a digression, that he might point a moral for the benefit of his servant.
  11. But this digression has taken me so far away from Penzance that I may as well close this chapter with it.
  12. Why, true; and a digression is often the cream of an article.
  13. "I am nearly well," returned Sylvia, surprised at the sudden digression.
  14. Having made this digression, I must now carry the reader back to Cocachacra.