脱線

だっせん
derailment
digression

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だっせん【脱線】

①［列車の］

derailment

〖U〗

the delay caused by a derailment 脱線による遅れ.

②［話の］

digression

〖U〗《正式》(話・文章が)〔主題から〕それること〔from〕；〖C〗余談， 脱線

*excursion

〖C〗《正式》(話などの)〔…への〕脱線〔into〕.

◇～する［させる］

①［列車が・を］

derail

|自||他|〔鉄道〕［通例 be ［get］ ～ed］

*ditch

|他|《略式》《米》(列車)を脱線させる

go off the rails

jump the rails.

②［話が］

digress

|自|《正式》(話・文章で)〔主題から〕(故意に・一時的に)わき道［横道］へそれる〔from〕.

*wander

/wɑ́ndər/ |自|〖S〗［SVM］ (考え・話が)〔…から〕横道にそれる(away， off)〔from〕

The speaker wandered away from the subject. 講師は本題から脱線してしまった.

veer

|自|(人が)〔主題などから〕それる〔from， off〕.

*stray

|自|(考え・話題などが)〔…から〕わき道へそれる〔from〕.

go astray

(話が)脱線する.

▲She is easily sidetracked. 彼女は脱線しやすい

turn aside from the topic本題から脱線する.

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だっせん【脱線】

1 〔列車などの〕 (a) derailment.

～する be [get] derailed; leave [run off] the rails; jump [leave] the tracks; derail; 《米》 be ditched.

●脱線している be derailed [off the tracks]

・列車は先頭車両が脱線し暴走した. The front car left the tracks and the train went out of control.

●(列車の)脱線の原因を調査[究明]する investigate [establish] the cause of a derailment.

2 〔行為などの〕 (a) deviation; (an) aberration; (a) departure; (a) divergence; 〔話などの〕 a ramble; (a) digression; an excursion; sidetracking.

～する 〔行動が〕 go astray [wild]; indulge in an escapade; be erratic; be eccentric; go off the rails; 〔話などが〕 wander (off); digress (from 《the subject》); make a digression; go off the rails; go [run] off the (main) track; get sidetracked; leave the subject; wander [stray] from the subject [point]; get off the point; ramble; go [get, fly] off at [on, upon, in] a tangent.

●彼の演説はよく脱線する. His speeches tend to wander [ramble]. | He often gets off the point in his speeches.

●議論が脱線気味だ. The argument is going off the tracks. | We are getting off the point.

●脱線だらけの演説 a rambling [wandering] speech; a speech full of digressions [irrelevant remarks]; a speech which keeps going off the point.

●あの先生は脱線が多い. That teacher often goes off on tangents [talks about things not in the lesson].

脱線行為 deviance; deviant behavior; an aberration; aberrant behavior; an eccentricity; eccentric behavior; leaving the straight and narrow; going off the rails.

脱線事故

●相次ぐ列車の脱線事故 repeated [a series of] derailments.