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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v.verb · 无主动词
- 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!
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