今天我们来学习如何表达“你跑题了,偏题了”。先来看一段对话
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A: Hey Sam, you know my birthday’s coming up. I’m thinking you can get me a new handbag.
嘿Sam,我的生日快到了。我在想你可以给我一个新包包。
B: You know, the weather is really nice today. It’s finally sunny!
哇,今天的天气真好,终于放晴了!
A: Don’t avoid the topic! We’re getting off trackhere! So, when are you gonna take me handbag shopping?
别逃避话题!我们偏题了哈! 那你啥时候带我去买包呢?
在上述对话中,有一句非常实用的短语,叫 “get off track”, 表示偏离轨道了,也就是不在主题上了。接下来我们来学习几种类似的表达:
get off track 偏离轨道(引申为偏题了)go off topic 偏离主题了not germane to something 与……无关具体怎么用呢?我们来看几个例子:
It’s really easy to get off track during meetings especially if no one is moderating.开会的时候很容易跑题,尤其是没人主持大局的时候。
My professor gave me a bad grade on my paper because he said most of my citations were not germane to the topic.我的教授给我的论文打了一个很差的分数,因为他说我的大部分引用都与主题无关。
翻译练习:
我们写作文的时候千万别跑题!
When writing essays, don't go off topic!