sidetrack /ˈsaɪdˌtræk/ (also side-track) ( sidetracking, sidetracked, sidetracks )

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  V-T If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing. 使...改变想法; 使...转移话题

  例：

  He'd managed to avoid being sidetracked by Schneider's problems.

  他最终总算没有由于施奈德的问题而分心。

  例：

  The leadership moved to sidetrack the proposal.

  领导把话题转移到了这个提议上。

  例：

  They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task.

  他们总试图让你对你的任务分心。