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Definition of excursus in English: excursusnounPlural excursuses ɛkˈskəːsəsɪkˈskəːsəsɛkˈskərsəs 1A detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix. 附记；附注；附录；补论 Example sentencesExamples - Book 2 takes the form of a massive excursus on the geography, customs, and history of Egypt, which was the next target of Persian expansionism, under Cyrus' son and successor, Cambyses.
- This reversal is the subject of Herodotus' detailed account in the long excursus he consecrates in Book 3 to the theme of the hostility between Corinth and her colony Corcyra.
- In lieu of that volume, he has presented excursuses on reflexivity in most of the half-dozen books he has published.
- On this last problem he supplies a long philosophical excursus, summarising contemporary Western arguments as well as notions in Nyaya philosophy.
- 1.1 A digression in a written text.
离题话 Example sentencesExamples - If this is so, far from sidelining the importance of the moral environment, the excursus through determinism will catapult it to the head of the agenda.
- The book is divided into three parts, with seven chapters in all; the work includes also four small excursuses.
- A number of excursuses also reduce the need for repetition by producing informative essays to which cross-reference can be made.
- By way of cautionary note, I turn to a brief excursus on the work of Norman O. Brown, whom I have deliberately chosen as a representative figure from an earlier era, through which my generation lived, but an era which is now past.
- This volume also includes Moloney's excursus on theories of Johannine community history.
Synonyms deviation, detour, diversion, departure
OriginEarly 19th century: from Latin, 'excursion', from excurrere 'run out'. Definition of excursus in US English: excursusnounekˈskərsəsɛkˈskərsəs 1A detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix. 附记；附注；附录；补论 Example sentencesExamples - Book 2 takes the form of a massive excursus on the geography, customs, and history of Egypt, which was the next target of Persian expansionism, under Cyrus' son and successor, Cambyses.
- In lieu of that volume, he has presented excursuses on reflexivity in most of the half-dozen books he has published.
- This reversal is the subject of Herodotus' detailed account in the long excursus he consecrates in Book 3 to the theme of the hostility between Corinth and her colony Corcyra.
- On this last problem he supplies a long philosophical excursus, summarising contemporary Western arguments as well as notions in Nyaya philosophy.
- 1.1 A digression in a written text.
离题话 Example sentencesExamples - If this is so, far from sidelining the importance of the moral environment, the excursus through determinism will catapult it to the head of the agenda.
- A number of excursuses also reduce the need for repetition by producing informative essays to which cross-reference can be made.
- By way of cautionary note, I turn to a brief excursus on the work of Norman O. Brown, whom I have deliberately chosen as a representative figure from an earlier era, through which my generation lived, but an era which is now past.
- This volume also includes Moloney's excursus on theories of Johannine community history.
- The book is divided into three parts, with seven chapters in all; the work includes also four small excursuses.
Synonyms deviation, detour, diversion, departure
OriginEarly 19th century: from Latin, ‘excursion’, from excurrere ‘run out’. |