digress

英 [daɪ'gres] 美[daɪ'ɡrɛs]
  • vi. 离题;走向岔道

词态变化


第三人称单数: digresses;过去式: digressed;过去分词: digressed;现在分词: digressing;名词: digression;

中文词源


digress 偏离

di-, 分开,散开,来自dis-变体。-gress, 走,词源同grade, ingress. 即走散,偏离。

英文词源


digress
digress: see gradual
digress (v.)
1520s, from Latin digressus, past participle of digredi "to go aside, depart" (see digression), or perhaps a back-formation from digression. Related: Digressed; digressing.

双语例句


1. Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.
让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么.

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2. I digress. My tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen.
我离题太远了,我所要讲的故事主要不是关于鸡.

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3. When writing about aerosol one is continually invited to digress.
在描述气溶胶时人们经常离题.

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4. We shall not digress into the history of methanics.
我们不去深考力学的历史.

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5. There is no need to digress further on the sensuous plane.
没有心要更多地扯到灵感层次上去了.

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