| 单词 | digressive |
| 释义 | digressive (once / 69526 pages) adj WORD FAMILY digressive: digressively+/digress: digressed, digresses, digressing, digression, digressive/digression: digressions USAGE EXAMPLESAlthough digressive in the chapters on deep history, Rutherford unpeels the science with elegance. Nature(Aug 30, 2016) At times, it was as if you could see his digressive impulses straining under his shirt collar. New York Times(Jul 22, 2016) Ruminative, digressive, lyrical, funny, sad, sometimes borderline lunatic, these posthumously collected journalistic pieces have all the hallmarks of Wallace’s novels. Washington Post(Jun 16, 2016) 1adj (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things Syn discursive, excursive, rambling indirect extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action 2adj of superficial relevance if any a digressive allusion to the day of the week Syn tangential irrelevant having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue |
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