digression
noun [ C or U ] uk/daɪˈɡreʃ.ən/ us/daɪˈɡreʃ.ən/
跑题，离题
the action of moving away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and writing or talking about something else
Talking about money now would be a digression from the main purpose of this meeting. 现在谈论金钱将偏离这次会议的主要目的。
The book contains many interesting digressions about life in the last half-century of the regime. 这本书包含许多关于该政权最后半个世纪生活的有趣的题外话。
See: digress
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- After this digression, she returned to the central issue.
- There are entertaining digressions on subjects such as the freight traffic of the London railway.
- The authors stray into lengthy digressions.