| 词汇 | sidetracking |
| 释义 | sidetracking present 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 sidetrackingsidetracking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I do not believe that by sidetracking the schools which are held to be good one will preserve them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he not sidetracking the right of the people of this country to express a point of view which is widely felt? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the difficulties is the sidetracking of the family practitioner that is taking place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, he is sidetracking management into having to cope with privatisation when it already has more than enough on its plate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope very much that this will not be a way of sidetracking the problem or shutting the door towards action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe in any circumstances in sidetracking the subject from his right to go to the courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a wonderful piece of sidetracking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are really sidetracking the point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The column is noted for its length (it often runs over 15 pages in printed form) and frequent sidetracking into political and non-football-related discussion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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