职场美语：beside the point 离题，不中肯职场英语流行美语对话：beside the point 离题，不中肯 point是名词，有"要点，中心意思，核心问题"的意思;beside the point字面意思为"在核心问题旁边",引申为"偏离中心".
A: Your plan won't work.
I think it's your nonsense.
That's beside the point.
你的计划是没用的。
你简直是在胡说八道。
那根本是不切题的。
B: How dare you say that?
I worked it out after much calculation.
你怎么敢这么说?
我是经过慎重考虑才提出来的。
A: Sorry.
Now let's calm down and try to find a good way, OK?
对不起。
遥让我们都平静下来再想个好的解决办法，好吗?
B: Well.
Let's discuss it again.
好吧。
我们再讨论讨论吧。
--------------------- 词组拓展1:和beside有关的两个英语短语 be beside oneself 发狂，(乐遥)忘形，失常 (he is beside himself with rage.
他愤怒得发狂) beside the mark 1.
未射中目标 2.
搞错，离题，不中肯 (= beside the point [question]).
词组拓展2:和point有关的英语短语汇总 the weakest [best, strongest] point 较大缺[优]点 a point of contact 【机械工程】接触点;【数学】切点 the eye point 出射点 a full point 句号 at this point he got up.
这时[说到这里]他从遥上跳了起来 there is no point in doing that.
那没有做的必要 what is the point of getting angry 发脾气有什么用处呢?
cotton has gone down several points.
棉花跌了好几档了 a buck of ten points 有十叉角的鹿 a point of honour 体面攸关的事 at all points 充分，遥，遥;在各方面 (be beaten at all points 遥被打垮) at swords' points 敌对状态;剑拔遥张 at [on] the point of 将近[就要]…的时候;接近，靠近( at the point of death 濒死时候 on the point of starting 正要出发的时候) at the point of the sword 用遥;在遥威胁之下 away from the point=off the point.
be (up) on the point of (.
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carry [gain] one's point 达到目的;说服别人 catch the point of 了解[抓住]…的要点 come to a point1.
(遥)停住向猎物所在方向示意 2.
变尖 come to the point 到紧要关头，说到要点 cut to a point 弄尖，削尖 from point to point 从一个点到另一个点;〔罕用语〕逐项;详细 get one's point 抓住某人话中要点 give point to 按上一个尖;削尖;增强，强调 give points to sb.
=give sb.
points 1.
让…占优势，让分给对方;〔口语〕强过某人 2.
给与有益的劝告 give the point 【击剑】戳进 grow to a point 顶端逐渐尖下去 in point 适当的;中肯的;当前的，待解决的 (a case in point 恰当的例子) in point of 说到，关于;就…而言;…上 (in point of fact 事实上) keep to the point 扣住要点;(祈使)别绕圈子，别离题 knotty point 难点，困难的地方 lack point 抓不住要点 make a point 1.
(遥)得一分 2.
立论;证明论点 3.
照预想一样使受到感动 4.
(遥)作看见猎获物的姿势 make a point of=make a point that.
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=make it a point 主张，强调;重视;决心，必定 make one's point 达到目的;【打猎】对直跑 make the point that …大意好像是说 miss the point 抓不着要点;不得要遥 not to put too fine a point on it 坦白地说，直截了当地说 off the point 离开本题，不切要遥 point by point 逐一，一点一点地，详细 pointfor point 一一，细细，正确地 point of order 【议会】议事规程问题 point of view 观点，见地，见解 rise to a point of order 〔会议用语〕(议员)起立提出程序问题 score a point 得一分;获得利益[有利地位] see one's point =get one's point.
see the point 懂得…的要点 stand (up)on point 〔罕用语〕过分刻板[拘泥] strain [stretch] a point 超出范围;破例;通融，作重大让步;牵强附会 the point run to [sailed from] 【航海】目的[出发]地 to the point 露骨;中肯，扼要 (brief and to the point 简明扼要) to the point of.
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达到…的程度 (a joke) without any point (笑话)平平无奇的