digress

IPA/daɪˈɡres/
KK[daɪɡrˈɛs]IPA/daɪˈɡres/

digress — 動詞

  • digresspresent simple I / you / we / they
  • digresseshe / she / it
  • digressedpast simple
  • digressing-ing form

1. to stop speaking or writing about the main point for a time and turn to another

1.動詞不及物C1
釋義

離題；岔開

暫時偏離主題去談別的事

to stop speaking or writing about the main point for a time and turn to another subject instead.

例句

During the lecture, Professor Hale digressed into a story about his first teacher.

演講時，Hale 教授岔開話題，講起他第一位老師的故事。

digress into + side topic

Wren apologized after digressing from the budget report to discuss train fares.

Wren 在預算報告時離題談到火車票價，之後還為此道了歉。

digress from + main topic

常見搭配
  • digress from the subject
  • digress into a story
  • digress briefly
  • digress at length
同義詞
  • stray

    less formal and often suggests losing focus accidentally

  • drift

    gentler and more gradual than 'digress'

  • go off on a tangent

    informal and often suggests going much farther from the point

反義詞

文法句型

digress from + topic/subject

digress into + side topic

digress briefly before returning to the point

用法筆記

Usually used when a speaker or writer leaves the main subject on purpose or by habit, often only for a short time. Common with 'from' or 'into', and more formal than 'go off on a tangent'.

常見錯誤

She digressed the main point.
She digressed from the main point.
'digress' does not take the topic as a direct object.
He digressed about his childhood for twenty minutes.
He digressed into stories about his childhood for twenty minutes.
'into' fits the side topic more naturally here.

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常用片語

  • digress from the main point
  • digress into detail
  • digress into a story

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