我想也许我们跑题了
“I think maybe we've digressed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“"Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean folks aren't after me."”
我想 也许 我们 跑题了
“I think maybe we've digressed.”
有没有收到什么卑鄙的邮件？
“Been getting any nasty emails?”
“Stop rambling about paranoia and let's get back to business.”
Using epistemic softeners like '我想也许' mitigates face loss when calling out another person's irrelevance or rambling in professional settings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to stray off-topic / to go off on a tangent
Extremely frequent in meetings, classrooms, and daily conversations when steering focus back to the primary agenda.
I think perhaps
A double-hedging polite buffer used to soften a corrective or critical observation.
Indicates a newly realized change of state, highlighting that the conversation has now drifted off-course.
