The well was side-tracked in order to avoid the scale producing formation.

为了避免水垢污染产层，油公司决定对油井实施侧钻。

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If we don't plan this meeting properly, we'll get side-tracked into discussing unimportant issues.

倘若我们计划不好这一会议，就会使讨论扯到枝节问题上去了。

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In group reviews, you can focus on design issues without being side-tracked by trivial and embarrassing coding errors and inconsistencies.

在组评审中，您能够摆脱那些琐碎的和令人为难的编码错误和矛盾的困扰，将精力集中到设计问题上面。

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Though Pickle's bill has been side-tracked, the idea of delaying retirement remains a plausible way to ease the burden on the system.

CNN: A Debt-Threatened Dream

Mistake No. 3: getting side-tracked from the real issues.

CNN: Bill Press: Bush and Gore enter final stretch