"digress" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 离题

Definition

开始谈论或写一些不是主要话题的内容；偏离正在讨论的话题。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

'Digress' 通常用于正式、学术或演讲场合。常见表达有 'let me digress.' 不要与 'deviate' 混淆，'digress' 特指偏离主要话题。

Examples

Please do not digress from the main point.

请不要**离题**，要抓住重点。

The professor tends to digress during his lectures.

教授上课时经常会**离题**。

She quickly apologized when she started to digress.

她在开始**离题**时很快就道歉了。

Let me digress for a moment to share a funny story.

请允许我**离题**一下，讲个有趣的故事。

Whenever we have meetings, people often digress into unrelated topics.

每次我们开会时，人们总会**离题**谈到无关的话题。

Sorry, I didn’t mean to digress—let’s get back to the main subject.

对不起，我不是故意要**离题**，我们回到正题吧。