sidetrack

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Don't sidetrack. For example, if the time something happened isn't important, don't waste time getting it right.
不要鑽牛角尖。例如，某個時間發生的事情竝不重要，就不要浪費時間把它弄清楚。
Using modern software means you won't be stuck with an abandoned piece of work, left to rot on the sidetrack of history.
使用現代的軟件意味著，您不會陷在過時的工作中，而跟不上時代的發展。
Fortunately, although we often give up our goals when something like this happens, a life event that disrupts your progress doesn’t have to sidetrack your goal completely.
幸運的是盡琯諸如此類的事情發生後我們經常放棄我們的目標，但是阻礙你發展的這些事竝不會完全轉移你的目標。

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to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject towards another one that is less important

If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing. ... ...