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digression

/dih-gresh-uhn, dahy-/US // dɪˈgrɛʃ ən, daɪ- //UK // (daɪˈɡrɛʃən) //

题外话,离题,离题话,扯远了

Related Words

footnote脚注,脚印detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回difference差异,差别,区别,不同episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记note备注,注,注意,说明diversion转移,分流,转用,转运variation变化,变异,变体,变奏parenthesis小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游drifting漂移,漂泊,漂流,漂移的deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性apostrophe撇号,省略号,撇去,撇开不谈rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的

Definitions

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundeviation; straying
Synonyms
detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回footnote脚注,脚印apostrophe撇号,省略号,撇去,撇开不谈aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时difference差异,差别,区别,不同divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况diversion转移,分流,转用,转运drifting漂移,漂泊,漂流,漂移的episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生note备注,注,注意,说明parenthesis小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容variation变化,变异,变体,变奏wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人discursion辩论会,论述,讨论会,讨论obiter dictum顺口溜,附言,附带说明,附注rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的

Examples

  • 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.

  • Even the rounder ones are prone to opaque digressions and have unconversational penchants for technical vocabulary.

  • While Frankel uses “Midnight Cowboy” to trace broader cultural trends, some digressions are extraneous.

  • Appleton’s digital garden, for example, includes thoughts on plant-based meat, book reviews, and digressions on Javascript and magical capitalism.

  • Before we get to conservatives, permit me this brief methodological digression.

  • A slight digression: those of you who watch HGTV may have noticed a lot of Canadian accents on the shows.

  • The point of this nostalgic digression involves the occasional real-world impact of media malfeasance.

  • After that dizzying digression, she turns right back to her time in the state legislature again.

  • At one point, he justified the calls with a markedly unhelpful digression about the movie Dr. Strangelove.

  • Once he permitted himself a digression, that he might point a moral for the benefit of his servant.

  • But this digression has taken me so far away from Penzance that I may as well close this chapter with it.

  • Why, true; and a digression is often the cream of an article.

  • "I am nearly well," returned Sylvia, surprised at the sudden digression.

  • Having made this digression, I must now carry the reader back to Cocachacra.

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