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英语口语练习小对话第678期:扯远了,说多了

2014-08-25来源:和谐英语

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Subject:You have gotten carried away.

迷你对话

A: I am terribly sorry. I have gotten carried away.

实在对不起，你扯得太远了。

B: After all, we are proceeding the conference and you are on behalf of all the employee, say something useful.

毕竟，我们在开会，而你是代表员工啊！接着来吧，说点有价值的东西吧。

地道表达

get carried away

1. 解释

Get carried away表示说话的时候离了题，偏离了主题或主旨，也就是“扯远了”。是由于自己情绪激动或失控而扯远了，说得太多了，偏离主旨或主题。

2. 例句

e.g. I'm sorry, I got carried away. Please, you tell me how you're doing.

不好意思，我说的太多了。请告诉我你现在的近况如何？

e.g. The writer got carried away and ended up writing too much detail.

这个作家写作太投入，结果写了太多细节。