also side-show, 1855, "minor exhibition alongside or near a principal one," apparently a coinage of P.T. Barnum's, from side (adj.) + show (n.). Hence, any diversion or distracting event.
雙語例句
1. Radio work for him was very much a sideshow.
對他來說電臺的工作只是順便做做而已。
來自柯林斯例句
2. In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday.
最終，那次會議成了星期四爆發的政治風暴的一個附屬事件。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Did you think you could shock me by treating me to this sideshow?
你認為用這種雜耍表演就能嚇倒我 嗎 ?
來自電影對白
4. The Arsenal contingent will provide an intriguing sideshow in Lisbon.
阿森納球員將會在里斯本上演有趣的一幕.
來自互聯網
5. Suddenly, everything we so carefully planned has been turned into a sideshow.