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digress

/daɪˈɡɹɛs/

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verb

离题，偏题。

To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

Examples :

""During his presentation about climate change, the speaker began to digress into a story about his pet dog, which was completely unrelated." "

在做关于气候变化的报告时，那位演讲者开始离题，讲起他宠物狗的故事，这完全不相关。

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verb

离题，偏离主题.

To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

Examples :

"The teacher asked us to stay on topic and not digress during the class discussion about the book. "

老师要求我们在课堂讨论这本书的时候要围绕主题，不要离题。

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