digressive
/dih-gres-iv, dahy-/US // dɪˈgrɛs ɪv, daɪ- //UK // (daɪˈɡrɛsɪv) //
离经叛道,离题,渐进式,渐进式的
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : tending to digress; departing from the main subject.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.tending to depart from point
Examples
He is known to be difficult, because of his love of the Latinate, and his non-linear, digressive, even symphonic, narrative style.
It is in this incidental and digressive way that we get the description of the Gospel in i. 18-ii.
They were simply digressive, which was to be expected, as elation befogs one's "goal idea."
Several chapters, that seem digressive in an historical light, are to be defended by this consideration.
Isabel had not been so digressive and withholding as he had thought.
Instances might be multiplied of this humorous self-abandonment; but we are growing digressive.
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