Word
divagation
noun
偏离；离题
核心释义
Straying off from a course or way.
- 1.
偏离航线或道路
Straying off from a course or way.
- 2.
语无伦次或飘忽不定的言语和思想
Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
语无伦次；思维散乱；偏离航线或道路；语无伦次或飘忽不定的言语和思想；流浪；误入歧途
用法In use
The professor's lecture was filled with interesting but irrelevant divagations.
用法提示：divagations 作可数名词，意为‘偏离主题的言论’
His constant divagation from the main point annoyed the committee.
用法提示：divagation 作单数名词，表示‘偏离正道的行为’
The hiker's divagation from the trail led to an unexpected discovery.
用法提示：divagation 指‘方向或路线的偏离’
divagation from + noun phrase
The lecture's divagation from the syllabus annoyed the students.
讲座偏离教学大纲的离题部分让学生们感到厌烦。
a divagation into + noun phrase
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- digression
- 离题 · divagation与digression同义，均为‘偏离主题’，但divagation更正式且罕见
- deviation
- 偏离 · deviation指对标准或路线的偏离，范围更广；divagation特指言语或思想的偏离
学习提示Learner notes
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