英語口語練習小對話 第678期:扯遠了,說多了

Subject:You have gotten carried away.

迷你對話

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

實在對不起，你扯得太遠了。

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

畢竟，我們在開會，而你是代表員工啊！接着來吧，說點有價值的東西吧。

地道表達

get carried away

1. 解釋

Get carried away表示說話的時候離了題，偏離了主題或主旨，也就是“扯遠了”。是由於自己情緒激動或失控而扯遠了，說得太多了，偏離主旨或主題。

2. 例句

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

不好意思，我說的太多了。請告訴我你現在的近況如何？

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

這個作家寫作太投入，結果寫了太多細節。