digress
英[daɪ'gres]
美[daɪ'ɡrɛs]
- vi. 离题；走向岔道
词态变化
第三人称单数: digresses;过去式: digressed;过去分词: digressed;现在分词: digressing;名词: digression;
中文词源
digress 偏离
di-, 分开，散开，来自dis-变体。-gress, 走，词源同grade, ingress. 即走散，偏离。
英文词源
- digress
- digress: see gradual
- digress (v.)
- 1520s, from Latin digressus, past participle of digredi "to go aside, depart" (see digression), or perhaps a back-formation from digression. Related: Digressed; digressing.
双语例句
- 1. Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.
- 让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. I digress. My tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen.
- 我离题太远了,我所要讲的故事主要不是关于鸡.
来自辞典例句
- 3. When writing about aerosol one is continually invited to digress.
- 在描述气溶胶时人们经常离题.
来自辞典例句
- 4. We shall not digress into the history of methanics.
- 我们不去深考力学的历史.
来自辞典例句
- 5. There is no need to digress further on the sensuous plane.
- 没有心要更多地扯到灵感层次上去了.
来自辞典例句