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单词 sidetrack
释义
sidetrack
verb[Tusually passive]
uk
/ˈsaɪd.træk/us
/ˈsaɪd.træk/
todirecta person'sattentionaway from anactivityorsubjecttowards another one that is lessimportant:
使转移注意力；使转换话题
Ruth waslookingfor anenvelopein adrawerwhen she was sidetracked by someoldletters.露丝在抽屉里找信封时，被一些旧信吸引住了。
Thestudentssidetrackedtheirteacherintotalkingabout herhobby.学生们将老师的话题转到她的业余爱好上来。
I'msorryI'm late - Igotsidetracked.很抱歉迟到——我被其他事情耽搁了。
Compare
digress
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Creating a distraction
  • distract
  • distracting
  • distractingly
  • distraction
  • diversion
  • divert
  • escape
  • mind
  • misdirection
  • put
  • putsomeoneofftheirstrideidiom
  • putsomethingoff
  • rabbit hole
  • smoke and mirrors
  • stride
  • subject
  • take
  • takesomeoneout ofhimself/herself
  • takesomeone'smind offsomethingidiom
sidetrack
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsaɪd.træk/us
/ˈsaɪd.træk/

sidetracknoun[C](IN CONVERSATION)

theactofsidetrackingsomeone, or anexampleof this:
I'mdealingwith thepointsinorder, but Ikeepgoing off on a sidetrack.
Letters are different to aconversationbecause you cancontinuewithout beinginterruptedwith some sidetrack.
Compare
digression
More examples
  • It is a sidetrack from themaintheme.
  • Thisobjectiveis a sidetrack from what every producer'smainpurposeshould be.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Creating a distraction
  • distract
  • distracting
  • distractingly
  • distraction
  • diversion
  • divert
  • escape
  • mind
  • misdirection
  • put
  • putsomeoneofftheirstrideidiom
  • putsomethingoff
  • rabbit hole
  • smoke and mirrors
  • stride
  • subject
  • take
  • takesomeoneout ofhimself/herself
  • takesomeone'smind offsomethingidiom

sidetracknoun[C](RAILWAY)

US
ashorttrackwheretrainsarekeptwhen they are not being used:
Yousimplyhave todivertthetrainonto a sidetrack.
Quite often thetrainwasplacedon the sidetracks where itremainedfor alongtime.
Synonym
siding
More examples
  • Awestboundtrainplowedinto aSantaFetrainthat wasmovingeastonto a sidetrack.
  • Thetrainsaton a sidetrack to therailroad.
  • Their New York-to-Miamipassengertrainslammedinto thetrainstoppedon a sidetrack.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Railways & railway lines
  • Amtrak
  • artery
  • buffer
  • electrify
  • funicular
  • grade crossing
  • junction
  • light rail
  • light railway
  • metro
  • monorail
  • railroad
  • railroad tie
  • RR
  • siding
  • signal
  • signal box
  • switch
  • switchback
  • track
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sidetracknoun[C](OIL WELL)

(alsosidetrack well)
a secondoilwellthat is made on onesideof theoriginaloilwell:
Theserigsarecommonlyused todrillsidetracks fromexistingwells.
A sidetrack wellencounteredanoilcolumnof 132ft.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Engineering - mining & quarrying
  • anti-mine
  • banksman
  • biomining
  • coal
  • coal miner
  • coal mining
  • coalface
  • coalfield
  • excavator
  • extract
  • extractive
  • goldfield
  • mineral
  • oilman
  • OPEC
  • petrodollar
  • prospect
  • shaft
  • strip mining
  • workings
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(Definition ofsidetrackfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
sidetrack
verb[Tusually passive]
uk
/ˈsaɪd.træk/us
/ˈsaɪd.træk/
todirecta person'sattentionaway from anactivityorsubjecttowards another one that is lessimportant
使转移注意力；使转换话题
Ruth waslookingfor anenvelopein adrawerwhen she was sidetracked by someoldletters.露丝在抽屉里找信封时，被一些旧信吸引住了。
Thestudentssidetrackedtheirteacherintotalkingabout herhobby.学生们将老师的话题转到她的业余爱好上来。
I'msorryI'm late - Igotsidetracked.很抱歉迟到——我被其他事情耽搁了。

sidetrack| American Dictionary

sidetrack
verb[I]
us
/ˈsɑɪdˌtræk/
todirect(someone) away from anactivityorsubjecttoward another one that is often lessimportant:
Rhonda waslookingfor anenvelopeand got sidetrackedreadingsomeoldletters.
(Definition ofsidetrackfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsidetrack

sidetrack
I'm thinking particularly about the place where you mention the authenticity debate, only to say that you won't be sidetracked by it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They thus moved over a much wider range of tracks and sidetracks than one would guess from any historical description of their search.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What is precarious about the situation is that, if the country remains isolated, this will nourish extremist opinions and activity, which willsidetrackdemocratic development.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Unfortunately, we got sidetracked when it came to implementing it.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is easy tosidetrackdepartmental research into something which is administratively convenient.
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Hansard archive
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It is conceivable that in the rush for production, research and development may be rather sidetracked.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We can become sidetracked if we go into details.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But these are details which must notsidetrackus from the simple fact that if we want to educate our children it will cost money.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I hesitated because we had been rather sidetracked from our original purpose.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am disappointed that the debate has again been sidetracked by the red herrings involving the horrors of breast and lung cancer.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I would rather not get sidetracked on to individual prices at this particular moment.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One should not be too sidetracked by individual episodes, because principles are at stake, but one should know what one is talking about.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That was a very important matter, and it was not one which was sidetracked in any way.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Instead, negotiations had dragged on for years and were being used tosidetrackand leave in the background getting down to the question of disarmament.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I shall not be sidetracked on that point as it was not a finite decision at the time.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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