The historian refused to let minor archival details sidetrack her from completing the biography of the inventor.
这位历史学家拒绝让档案中的小细节使她偏离完成发明家传记的主线。
Which choice best defines “sidetrack”?
B — To distract from the main subject. “sidetrack” means to distract from the main subject.
Which word means “to distract from the main subject”?
B — sidetrack. “sidetrack” means to distract from the main subject.
sidetrack — to distract from the main subject. In Chinese: 使分心，转移话题.
sidetrack is pronounced /ˈsaɪdˌtræk/.
The historian refused to let minor archival details sidetrack her from completing the biography of the inventor. (这位历史学家拒绝让档案中的小细节使她偏离完成发明家传记的主线。)
distract, divert, deflect — all close in meaning to sidetrack (to distract from the main subject).
focus, concentrate — each the opposite of sidetrack (to distract from the main subject).
Yes. sidetrack is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.