| 词汇 | sidetracked |
| 释义 | sidetracked past simple and past participle ofsidetrack 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 diversion diversionary tactic divert divert attention from something mind misdirection put rabbit hole sidetrack smoke and mirrors stride subject take take someone's mind off somethingidiom Examples of sidetrackedsidetracked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I'm thinking particularly about the place where you mention the authenticity debate, only to say that you won't be sidetracked by it. Dysexecutive patients often start out performing a task well, but quickly become sidetracked. Unfortunately, we got sidetracked when it came to implementing it. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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 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 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 It is sensible to hold the genuine debate about the benefits of recognition in the open, without being sidetracked into whether those benefits are inducements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It appears that these admirable, efficient people have been sidetracked. 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 by some of the broader issues that have been raised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the debate will not be sidetracked into theological argument. 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. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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