| 单词 | digression |
| 释义 | digression (once / 2922 pages) n When your essay about French cooking starts describing a childhood trip to Disneyland, it's taken a digression — it's strayed from the main topic. "But I digress" is a phrase often used by people when they realize they're no longer "on-topic." A digression is like a tangent, only digression often describes speech patterns, whereas tangent comes to us from mathematics. Another trick to remembering the meaning of digression is its relationship to the word progression. A progression is a series of ideas which proceeds in the same direction; a digression, logically enough, is an idea that goes off in another direction. WORD FAMILYdigression: digressions+/digress: digressed, digresses, digressing, digression, digressive/digressive: digressively USAGE EXAMPLESCyclogeography is an enjoyable account of a hair-raising life as a London cycle courier interspersed with two-wheeled philosophical digressions. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) I used the word eccentric before to describe his storytelling style, and it includes delightful digressions into his own life experiences. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) It’s a good plot, but readers will also enjoy Finch’s digressions on life in mid-19th-century England. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) 1n a message that departs from the main subject Syn|Hyper aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about 2n a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) a digression into irrelevant details Syn|Hypo|Hyper deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion red herring any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue turn, turning the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course 3n wandering from the main path of a journey Syn|Hyper excursion journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another |
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