第1个回答 2022-05-29
自现象级英语
SIDETRACK
1. 英英释义：to direct (someone) away from an activity or subject toward another one that is often less important
例句： Sorry I got completely sidetracked and didn't attend to your request immediately.
2. 为什么选这个词？
“sidetrack”是动词，意思是“受到了......的干扰”。从它的英文释义来看，这种干扰一般主要会影响到迫切或重要的事情，在口语和写作中都可以使用这个词。
我们经常突然被某事打扰而忘记做某事或分神，这时候就可以说 “I got sidetracked”。我们来看两个具体的例子：
I am terribly sorry I didn't send you the file right away. I got sidetracked and forgot it.
Sorry I got completely sidetracked and didn't attend to your request immediately.
我们一般说的“讲跑题了”也可以用 sidetrack 来表达：
Sorry I got sidetracked and talked about my lousy experience at the bar. Where was I?
这里的意思是：我刚才跑题了，本来不该讲在酒吧的经历，应该接着前面的话题讲。在这句话里“Where was I?”的意思就是“我刚才讲到哪儿来着？”
再比如，一些主播在做直播的时候，有时候为了照顾听众的问题，讲着讲着就跑题了，就可以说：
Live streaming hosts are prone to be sidetracked by questions from the audience.
3. 怎样学会使用这个词？
1）翻译下面的句子：
约翰本来想找一个信封，但没想到读起了一些旧时的信件。 (要点：过去进行时的使用，envelope名词，envelop动词，现在分词的使用)
John was looking for an envelope and got sidetracked (into) reading some old letters.
John intended to look for an envelope, but was sidetracked into reading some old letters instead.
造句：
例1：The IELTS candidate intended to argue in favour of introducing foreign language learning at primary school, but was sidetracked into defending young children's intellectual development instead. 这位雅思考生本意是赞成小学生学外语，结果跑题了，转而支持儿童智力发展。
例2： I was making sentences with the verb "sidetrack" when I got constantly sidetracked by incoming WeChat messages. 我用sidetrack造句时，不停受到微信短信的干扰
例3：To stay on track in the interview, the host did not allow himself to be sidetracked by unintended jokes. 为了使采访不跑偏，主持人不许设计之外的笑话干扰自己。
个人拓展：
发音：/r/注意噘嘴，
释义：to divert from a main issue or course; to delay or block the progress of deliberately
To stay on track means to pay attention to your goal or purpose. But getting sidetracked is just the opposite.
搭配：get/ be constantly/ completely sidetracked from /by sth , sidetrack sb from sth.
sidetrack sb into doing sth eg. The students sidetracked their teacher into talking about her hobby.
I intended to write letters this evening, but was sidetracked into going to the pictures instead.
sidetracks and setbacks
背诵：
I am terribly sorry I didn't send you the file right away. I got sidetracked and forgot it.
Sorry I got completely sidetracked and didn't attend to your request immediately.
Live streaming hosts are prone to be sidetracked by questions from the audience.
I intended to write letters this evening, but was sidetracked into going to the pictures instead .(句型)