Word
divagation
偏离；离题
Straying off from a course or way.
- 1.
Straying off from a course or way.
偏离航线或道路
- 2.
Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
语无伦次或飘忽不定的言语和思想
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
In use
The professor's lecture was filled with interesting but irrelevant divagations.
His constant divagation from the main point annoyed the committee.
The hiker's divagation from the trail led to an unexpected discovery.
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
His divagation into philosophical questions lasted twenty minutes.
他离题转入哲学问题讨论了二十分钟。
make a divagation
较常见的动宾搭配。
The author makes a divagation about the history of the city.
作者离题讲述了这座城市的历史。
Common mistakes
He divagated from the topic.His divagation from the topic was noticeable.
误用词性：'divagate'是动词，而'divagation'是名词。应将动词形式改为名词形式，并调整句子结构以匹配。
His divagation of the main point confused everyone.His divagation from the main point confused everyone.
介词搭配错误：表示偏离主语时，divagation应与from连用，而非of。of通常表示所属关系，不符合此处含义。
Connections
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
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.