digression
noun[CorU]
uk/daɪˈɡreʃ.ən/us/daɪˈɡreʃ.ən/theactionofmovingaway from themainsubjectyou are writing ortalkingabout and writing ortalkingabout somethingelse:
跑题，离题Talking aboutmoneynow would be a digressionfromthemainpurposeof thismeeting.现在谈论金钱将偏离这次会议的主要目的。
Thebookcontainsmanyinterestingdigressions aboutlifein the last half-century of theregime.这本书包含许多关于该政权最后半个世纪生活的有趣的题外话。
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- After this digression, shereturnedto thecentralissue.
- There areentertainingdigressions onsubjectssuch as thefreighttrafficof the Londonrailway.
- Theauthorsstrayintolengthydigressions.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obfuscation
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil