| 单词 | digress |
| 释义 | digress (once / 2146 pages) v If we're talking about science fiction, and you suddenly go off on a long tangent about the cost of grape soda, you digress. When a person digresses, they stray from the topic. It's easy to understand why you digressed from the main topic. You were incredibly excited, speeding on caffeine, and, let's face it, you've never been at a loss for words. Don't get me wrong: I love your wanderings — how you drift from one topic to the next, letting your mind explore. The problem was that the meeting was running late and there was no time to let you digress. I had to pull you back to the main topic. I didn't want our potential new partners to get the idea that these digressions were typical. WORD FAMILYdigress: digressed, digresses, digressing, digression, digressive+/digression: digressions/digressive: digressively USAGE EXAMPLESJimmy Eat World doesn’t digress, improvise or otherwise fool around; it played 24 songs in 95 minutes. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) Marías likes to quote Laurence Sterne to describe his craft: “I progress as I digress.” The New Yorker(Dec 08, 2016) But I digress, as does Ms. Arcade, moving from a brief history of the advertising industry to carping about tourist hordes invading the city. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) 1v wander from a direct or straight course Syn|Hyper depart, sidetrack, straggle deviate, divert turn aside; turn away from 2v lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking She always digresses when telling a story Don't digress when you give a lecture Syn|Hyper divagate, stray, wander tell let something be known |
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