1. Yes, I know it was an accident, but that's beside the point. 是的,我知道那是个事故,可是这无关紧要。
2. But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point. 但如果安特吉信守承诺,这场辩论就无关紧要了。
3. Write an outline before you start writing the article, or you would easily write something that is beside the point. 在开始撰写文章之前写一个大纲,不然你很容易就会写一些离题的东西。
4. Given their combined market value of more than $5.5 trillion, rifling through such small deals—many of them much less prominent than Wunderlist and Sunrise—might seem beside the point. 考虑到它们的总市值超过5.5万亿美元,浏览这些小交易(其中许多远不如 Wunderlist 和 Sunrise 那么重要)可能显得无关紧要。
5. Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point. 布赖恩是不喜欢它,但这同讨论的问题不相关。