Digression
[daɪ'greʃ(ə)n] or [daɪ'grɛʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) wandering from the main path of a journey.
(noun.) a message that departs from the main subject.
錄入:门罗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.
(n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
(n.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets.
校對:莱斯利
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Deviation, divergence, departure.[2]. Episode, incidental passage.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Digression concerning the Corn Trade and Corn Laws. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I must here introduce a short digression. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- This digression into the history of Ireland now comes up to the time of infectious imperialism in Europe. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- To return from this digression. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Now, gentle readers, after this long digression, you shall hear of the shocking seduction of the present Viscountess Berwick by Viscount Deerhurst! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The great importance of this subject must justify the length of the digression. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Digression concerning Banks of Deposit, particularly concerning that of Amsterdam. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Digression concerning the Variations in the value of Silver during the Course of the Four last Centuries. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Conclusion of the Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This is a digression. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I shall be obliged to make a digression in order to explain this phaenomenon. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- From this digression, let me proceed to Dover. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- After this digression he proceeded-- I remained in the balcony. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The last remark suggests a digression. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- This leads him into a tiresome digression, which is intended to explain the nature of contradiction. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- By my rambling digressions, I perceive myself to be grown old. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- If I had time and dared to enter into digressions, I would write a chapter about that first pint of porter drunk upon English ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The remainder of the work is filled up with digressions foreign to the main subject, and with discussions about the education of the guardians. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The Sergeant's digressions irritated me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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