tangents

英 [ˈtændʒənts]

美 [ˈtændʒənts]

n.  切线; 正切
tangent的复数

柯林斯词典

• 切线
  Atangentis a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it.
• PHRASE 突然偏离原来的思路;突然离题
  If someonegoes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
  1. The conversation went off at a tangent.
     交谈突然偏离了正题。

双语例句

• We don't have any of this kind of stuff in the synoptics of Jesus just going off on tangents for paragraphs at a time and talking for a whole chapter sometimes.
  在符类福音中是没有这种东西的，有时就是大段大段的话，甚至整章都是他说的话。
• Tangents Passing Through the Inner or Exterior Point of a Non-degenerate Quadric Curve
  非退化二次曲线过其内点和外点的切线
• This will help keep meetings focused and prevents others from going on tangents.
  这有助于使会议讨论更加集中，避免离题。
• Draw two tangents to the two branches of the curve.
  画出该曲线两个分支的两条切线。
• The isoplethes of vertical deformation rate or their tangents are almost perpendicular to fault line.
  形变速率等值线在其偏转处的切线几乎与断裂线正交。
• Axiomatic Definition of ( Co) sine with Complex Variables; With a bit more effort, techies could also compute ratios, inverses, sines, cosines and tangents.
  复变量正余弦函数的公理化（等价）定义如果再多花点功夫，这些科技高手还能算出比例、数、弦、弦和正切等值。
• It is a special form of freeway that there is no baseline between two intersection points of compound curve but a cross connect with the tangents of two circular curves.
  复曲线两交点间未设置基线而采用两圆曲线的切线交叉连接，是高速公路中较特殊线路形式。
• Three-diameter ells with tangents reducing extension piece
  带切线直管段的三倍直径弯头
• A Graphic Method of Determining Two Conic Sections Common Tangents
  两圆锥曲线公切线的图解方法
• You cant be all things to all people, and you dont want to dilute your overarching message by going on tangents that you cannot put your heart behind.
  你不能满足所有人的所有需求，并且你也不想通过把时间花在自己并没有共鸣而且离题万里的信息中来削弱自己最首要的消息。