digress

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++di·gress /daɪˈɡres/ verb [intransitive] SUBJECTto talk or write about something that is not your main subject 〔说话或写作时〕偏离主题，转移话题 Do you mind if I digress for a moment? 我说些题外话你不介意吧？ —digression /daɪˈɡreʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] After several long digressions he finally reached the interesting part of the story. 说了好几大段题外话之后，他终于讲到了故事的精彩部分。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

digress• That is why we have digressed.• Perhaps this is the place to digress a little and talk about the taking of facts from other writers' books.• I am digressing, but with the purpose of emphasising the power of the pencil.• Before we do that, I'd like to digress for a minute and say a word or two about the new books.• However space does not permit me to digress into this topic.• Having digressed on our way around the village, all that is left is the marsh and the woods.• Having digressed so far, I can not resist going a little further.• Should they digress they would be asked to find other accommodation forthwith.• Stewart digresses to fill every cranny in her heroine's past.• During the lecture, Miller often digressed to give the history behind each theory.Origin digress (1500-1600) Latin digressus, past participle of digredi “to step aside”

di·gress verbChineseSyllable

talk to write or something not that your Corpus about is

digress
di‧gress /daɪˈɡres/