excursus
noun [ C ] formal uk/?k?sk??.s?s/ us/?k?sk??.s?s/
附录；附注；补论
a detailed discussion or explanation of a subject, which is separate from the main subject that is being written or talked about
Before discussing this a short historical excursus will be necessary to explain how it all came about. 在讨论这个问题之前，我们有必要简短地补充一下历史背景，解释一下这一切是如何发生的。
The case histories include an 11-page excursus on Latin. 案例史包括11页有关拉丁文的附录。
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- There is a 14 page excursus to chapter 10 which directly discusses several "difficult texts."
- The Marquis de Valady is a little-known participant in the French Revolution whose vegetarianism leads the author into an extended excursus on the bloody internecine struggles of that momentous event.
- We hope that this short excursus into the Christian mind shows why freedom matters so much to us.