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.
双语例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Did you think you could shock me by treating me to this sideshow?
你认为用这种杂耍表演就能吓倒我 吗 ?
来自电影对白
4. The Arsenal contingent will provide an intriguing sideshow in Lisbon.
阿森纳球员将会在里斯本上演有趣的一幕.
来自互联网
5. Suddenly, everything we so carefully planned has been turned into a sideshow.
