digress

verb

/daɪˈɡres/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they digress	/daɪˈɡres/ /daɪˈɡres/
he / she / it digresses	/daɪˈɡresɪz/ /daɪˈɡresɪz/
past simple digressed	/daɪˈɡrest/ /daɪˈɡrest/
past participle digressed	/daɪˈɡrest/ /daɪˈɡrest/
-ing form digressing	/daɪˈɡresɪŋ/ /daɪˈɡresɪŋ/

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to start to talk about something that is not connected with the main point of what you are saying离题；偏离主题
- To digress for a moment, I would like to remind you that there will be no classes next week.题外话一会儿，想提醒大家，下周不上课。
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin digress- ‘stepped away’, from the verb digredi, from di- ‘aside’ + gradi ‘to walk’.