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I'm sorry, Nick, I got waylaid.

抱歉，尼克，我被人耽搁了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I got waylaid on my way here.

我在来这里的路上遭到了拦路抢劫。

《牛津词典》

Nobody references Paul Revere being waylaid by British soldiers and warning them that the Americans were coming.

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One time, after giving a presentation to his scientists, Rathmann was waylaid by one of his managers.

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Furthermore, it is possible that the whiff of corruption detected by Mr Alami will convince Iranians that, while Mr Khatami himself is honest, ministers have been waylaid on the path to democracy by old-fashioned enjoyment of power.

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