/da??ɡre?.?n/theactionofmovingaway from themainsubjectyou are writing ortalkingabout and writing ortalkingabout somethingelse:跑题,离题Talking aboutmoneynow would be a digressionfromthemainpurposeof thismeeting.现在谈论金钱将偏离这次会议的主要目的。Thebookcontainsmanyinterestingdigressions aboutlifein the last half-century of theregime.这本书包含许多关于该政权最后半个世纪生活的有趣的题外话。SeedigressMore examples
After this digression, shereturnedto thecentralissue.
There areentertainingdigressions onsubjectssuch as thefreighttrafficof the Londonrailway.
Theauthorsstrayintolengthydigressions.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDigressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocutory
euphemism
hedge
implicit
implicitly
indirectly
lede
mincing
move offsomething/on (tosomething)
obfuscate
obfuscation
obscure
sanitize
sidestep
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