tangent

中英词典

形容词

名词

词语辨析

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词汇扩充

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近义词

unrelated, irrelevant

反义词

related, relevant

柯林斯词典

tangent 1. ADJ-GRADED If you go off at a tangent, you suddenly start talking or thinking about a completely new subject, often when it is not relevant to the discussion. (INFORMAL) He would go off on tangents, discussing cooking and grammar. 2. N-COUNT A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at only one point. (MATHEMATICS) The tangent of angle A is the length of line OX. 3. N-COUNT A tangent is a completely different line of thought or action. The government's policy is already on a new tangent.

牛津词典

tangent 1. NOUN A tangent is a completely different line of thought or action. I don't want to get off on a tangent, but... 2. ADJECTIVE If you go off at a tangent, you suddenly start talking about something that is only slightly related to the subject you were discussing. He often went off on a tangent, leading away from the subject.

用法

作形容词： - He went off at a tangent and started talking about his favorite movie. (他离题了，开始谈论他最喜欢的电影。) 作名词： - I'm sorry, I went off on a tangent and forgot what I was saying. (对不起，我岔开了话题，忘记我在说什么了。) - She decided to pursue her passion for painting as a tangent to her main career. (她决定将绘画作为她主要职业的副业。)

例句

1. He tends to go off at a tangent during meetings and brings up unrelated issues. (他在会议期间往往离题，提出无关的问题。) 2. The professor went off on a tangent about his research, ignoring the original question. (教授离题地谈论起他的研究，忽略了最初的问题。) 3. The tangent line touches the circle at exactly one point. (切线只在圆上有一个交点。) 4. I don't want to get off on a tangent, but have you heard about the new restaurant in town? (我不想离题，但你听说过镇上的新餐厅吗？) 5. The company's decision to diversify into a new market was a tangent from their usual business strategy. (公司决定进军新市场是他们通常业务策略的一个离题之举。) 6. The speaker's tangent was interesting, but it didn't contribute to the main topic of the conference. (演讲者的离题内容很有趣，但并没有为会议的主题作出贡献。) 7. The student asked a question that was completely off tangent from the lecture. (学生提出的问题与讲座完全无关。) 8. The conversation took a tangent when they started discussing their favorite books. (当他们开始讨论自己最喜欢的书时，对话岔开了话题。) 9. The tangent of angle A can be calculated using trigonometric functions. (可以使用三角函数来计算角A的正切值。) 10. The team decided to explore tangents to find alternative solutions to the problem. (团队决定探索离题的方法，以寻找问题的替代解决方案。) 11. The novel started with a simple story but quickly went off on tangents, exploring various subplots. (这部小说以一个简单的故事开始，但很快离题，探索了各种副情节。) 12. The project manager urged the team to stay focused and avoid going off on tangents. (项目经理敦促团队保持专注，避免离题。) 13. The professor's tangent about climate change was not directly related to the topic of the lecture. (教授关于气候变化的离题内容与讲座的主题没有直接关联。) 14. The book explores various tangents of the main story, providing a richer reading experience. (这本书探索了主要故事的各种副线，提供了更丰富的阅读体验。) 15. The discussion went off on a tangent when they started debating politics instead of focusing on the original topic. (当他们开始辩论政治而不是专注于原始话题时，讨论离题了。) 16. The tangent line intersects the circle at a single point. (切线在圆上与其相切于一个点。) 17. The speaker's tangent was interesting but unrelated to the main theme of the conference. (演讲者的离题内容很有趣，但与会议的主题无关。) 18. The student's question was a tangent that led the professor to discuss a related but different topic. (学生的问题是一个离题，导致教授讨论了一个相关但不同的话题。) 19. The conversation took an unexpected tangent when they started discussing their childhood memories. (当他们开始讨论童年回忆时，对话出现了意外的离题。) 20. The tangent of an angle in a right triangle can be calculated by dividing the length of the opposite side by the length of the adjacent side. (直角三角形中角的正切可以通过将对边的长度除以邻边的长度来计算。)