sidetrack
verb /ˈsaɪdtræk/
/ˈsaɪdtræk/
[usually passive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they sidetrack | /ˈsaɪdtræk/ /ˈsaɪdtræk/ |
| he / she / it sidetracks | /ˈsaɪdtræks/ /ˈsaɪdtræks/ |
| past simple sidetracked | /ˈsaɪdtrækt/ /ˈsaɪdtrækt/ |
| past participle sidetracked | /ˈsaɪdtrækt/ /ˈsaɪdtrækt/ |
| -ing form sidetracking | /ˈsaɪdtrækɪŋ/ /ˈsaɪdtrækɪŋ/ |
- sidetrack somebody (into doing something) to make somebody start to talk about or do something that is different from the main thing that they are supposed to be talking about or doing
使转变话题；使转移目标 - I was supposed to be writing a letter but I'm afraid I got sidetracked.
我本来应该在写信，但后来恐怕是分心干别的去了。 - Don’t be sidetracked into discussing individual cases.
不要被转移到讨论个别情况。
- I was supposed to be writing a letter but I'm afraid I got sidetracked.