di-, 分开，散开，来自dis-变体。-gress, 走，词源同grade, ingress. 即走散，偏离。

1. Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.

让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么.

2. I digress. My tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen.

我离题太远了,我所要讲的故事主要不是关于鸡.

3. When writing about aerosol one is continually invited to digress.

在描述气溶胶时人们经常离题.

4. We shall not digress into the history of methanics.

我们不去深考力学的历史.

5. There is no need to digress further on the sensuous plane.

没有心要更多地扯到灵感层次上去了.