sideshow

英 [ˈsaɪdʃəʊ]

美 [ˈsaɪdʃoʊ]

n.  (游园会或马戏中穿插的)小节目，杂耍; 次要活动; 附带事件

复数：sideshows　

GRE

BNC.22267 / COCA.16865

牛津词典

noun

• （游园会或马戏中穿插的）小节目，杂耍
  a separate small show or attraction at a fair or circus where you pay to see a performance or take part in a game
• 次要活动；附带事件
  an activity or event that is much less important than the main activity or event

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 次要活动;附带事件;附属活动
  Asideshowis a less important or less significant event or situation related to a larger, more important one that is happening at the same time.
  1. In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday...
     最终，那次会议成了星期四爆发的政治风暴的一个附属事件。
  2. Radio work for him was very much a sideshow.
     对他来说电台的工作只是顺便做做而已。
• N-COUNT (马戏或游园会中穿插的)小节目，助兴表演,杂耍
  At a circus or fair, asideshowis a performance that you watch or a game of skill that you play, that is provided in addition to the main entertainment.
  1. Sideshows at the championship include highland dancing and a play by The Wanlockhead Players.
     锦标赛上的助兴节目包括高地舞蹈和万洛克黑德剧社上演的一部剧。

英英释义

noun

• a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
• a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
  1. instruction is not an educational sideshow

双语例句

• Sideshows at the championship include highland dancing and a play by The Wanlockhead Players.
  锦标赛上的助兴节目包括高地舞蹈和万洛克黑德剧社上演的一部剧。
• But it is a sideshow& a way to save jobs ( and votes), not restart the economy.
  然而这只是一个稳定就业（和选票）的权宜之计，对于重振经济则于事无补。
• By using these managed wrappers, you should easily be able to integrate sideshow functionality into your own applications.
  通过使用这些托管包装，您能够轻松地将sideshow功能集成到您自己的应用程序中。
• Back again, eh, sir? Gosh. well, perhaps the break has sharpened the old aim. I still run my little sideshow here, so do drop in some time and try your luck.
  又回来啦，长官？啊，呃，也许上次的逃狱事件让警卫们磨练了他们的瞄准技术。我还是在这边玩玩我的小杂耍，改天有空过来试试手气吧。
• But in Switzerland, that debate seemed a sideshow, with most coming out in support of the broad strategy of the Obama administration to do both.
  但在瑞士，这种争论看上去是个次要问题，其中大多数争论结果，都是支持奥巴马政府两项举措同时采用的概括性策略。
• You're a sideshow now.
  你现在不过是小人物了。
• Whether emerging economies decouple from the US in the current cycle is merely a sideshow if you look beyond the next 12 months.
  如果你将目光放在未来12个月以后，新兴经济体在本轮周期中是否与美国脱钩，不过是个小插曲。
• For their part, executives must stop approaching development as a philanthropic sideshow. Instead, they should acknowledge it as an entrepreneurial challenge where they can make a real difference.
  对于企业高管而言，他们不应再把发展视为慈善活动的作秀，而应该意识到发展是企业面临的一个挑战，他们可以在其中发挥切实的作用。
• Generally speaking, most investors have looked at these US-Sino cyber security issues if they're even paying attention as mainly a political sideshow for local Chinese consumption or, at worst, a mere rhetorical battle between the world's first-and second-largest economies.
  总体而言，大多数投资者把这些美中互联网安全问题如果他们关注这事的话看作主要是一场中国国内的政治游戏，最多也只是一场世界第一大和第二大经济体之间的嘴仗。
• They labelled the case a witch hunt that would turn out to be nothing more than an expensive sideshow.
  他们称本案是一场政治迫害，最终将不过是一场耗费巨资的穿插表演。