2007年8月7日 星期二

We're kinder side-tracked here now,

這句有意思

我先將資料傳上

看有沒人要接下來談


"We're kinder side-tracked here now," he added, "but there was considerable passing before the railroad was carried through to the Flats."

「現在人們都不打從這兒過了,」他接著說,「但火車通過弗來茲以前,這條路是很熱鬧的。」

「如今這個地方是背了時了,」他接著又說,「在鐵路沒有通考白里場之前,這還是個大路呢。」


side·track (sīd'trăk') pronunciation

v., -tracked, -track·ing, -tracks. v.tr.
  1. To divert from a main issue or course: I was sidetracked from my work by an unexpected visitor.
  2. To delay or block the progress of deliberately: “a bill that would sidetrack food irradiation in this country” (Alexis Beck).
  3. To switch from a main railroad track to a siding.
v.intr.
  1. To deviate from a main issue or course.
  2. To run into a siding.
n.

A railroad siding.

v. tr. - 將轉到側線, 拖延, 轉變, 推遲
v. intr. - 轉到側線, 轉變話題
n. - 旁軌, 次要地位, 側線

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 側線, 脱線
v. - わき道にそらす, 脱線させる, 側線へ入れる



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