| 词汇 | sidetrack |
| 释义 | sidetrack verb[ Tusually passive ] uk /ˈsaɪd.træk/ us /ˈsaɪd.træk/ to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject towards another one that is less important: 使转移注意力；使转换话题 Ruth was looking for an envelope in a drawer when she was sidetracked by some old letters.露丝在抽屉里找信封时，被一些旧信吸引住了。 The students sidetracked their teacher into talking about her hobby.学生们将老师的话题转到她的业余爱好上来。 I'm sorry I'm late - I got sidetracked.很抱歉迟到——我被其他事情耽搁了。 Compare digress Creating a distraction create a diversion distract distract attention from something distract someone from something distracting distraction diversion diversionary tactic divert divert attention from something escape mind put put someone off their strideidiom put something off rabbit hole smoke and mirrors stride subject take someone out of himself/herself sidetrack noun[ C ] uk /ˈsaɪd.træk/ us /ˈsaɪd.træk/ sidetracknoun[C] (IN CONVERSATION)the act of sidetracking someone, or an example of this: I'm dealing with the points in order, but I keep going off on a sidetrack. Letters are different to a conversation because you can continue without being interrupted with some sidetrack. Compare digression It is a sidetrack from the main theme. This objective is a sidetrack from what every producer's main purpose should be. Creating a distraction create a diversion distract distract attention from something distract someone from something distracting distraction diversion diversionary tactic divert divert attention from something escape mind put put someone off their strideidiom put something off rabbit hole smoke and mirrors stride subject take someone out of himself/herself sidetracknoun[C] (RAILWAY)US a short track where trains are kept when they are not being used: You simply have to divert the train onto a sidetrack. Quite often the train was placed on the sidetracks where it remained for a long time. Synonym siding A westbound train plowed into a Santa Fe train that was moving east onto a sidetrack. The train sat on a sidetrack to the railroad. Their New York-to-Miami passenger train slammed into the train stopped on a sidetrack. Railways & railway lines aerial tram aerial tramway Amtrak artery branch line electrify funicular junction level crossing light railway metro railroad RR siding signal signal box switch switchback track whistle-stop sidetracknoun[C] (OIL WELL)(alsosidetrack well) a second oil well that is made on one side of the original oil well: These rigs are commonly used to drill sidetracks from existing wells. A sidetrack well encountered an oil column of 132ft. Engineering - mining & quarrying anti-mine banksman beneficiation biomining coal coal miner coal mining coalface excavator extract mineral mining oilman OPEC petrodollar pit pithead strip mining unworked workings sidetrack | American Dictionarysidetrack verb[ I ] us/ˈsɑɪdˌtræk/ to direct (someone) away from an activity or subject toward another one that is often less important: Rhonda was looking for an envelope and got sidetracked reading some old letters. Examples of sidetracksidetrack I'm thinking particularly about the place where you mention the authenticity debate, only to say that you won't be sidetracked by it. They thus moved over a much wider range of tracks and sidetracks than one would guess from any historical description of their search. What is precarious about the situation is that, if the country remains isolated, this will nourish extremist opinions and activity, which will sidetrack democratic development. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Unfortunately, we got sidetracked when it came to implementing it. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is easy to sidetrack departmental research into something which is administratively convenient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is conceivable that in the rush for production, research and development may be rather sidetracked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can become sidetracked if we go into details. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But these are details which must not sidetrack us from the simple fact that if we want to educate our children it will cost money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hesitated because we had been rather sidetracked from our original purpose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would rather not get sidetracked on to individual prices at this particular moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a very important matter, and it was not one which was sidetracked in any way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, negotiations had dragged on for years and were being used to sidetrack and leave in the background getting down to the question of disarmament. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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