汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 借题发挥
借题发挥 (借題發揮)
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
Use something as a topic to make an essay to express your true opinions or opinions / It also refers to doing other things under the guise of something
借着某件事情为题目来做文章,以表达自己真正的意见或主张。也指假借某事为由,去做其它的事。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

但一旦夫妻间出现问题,二人就会拿宠物借题发挥攻击对方,就象孩子一样。

But when the couple is having problems, often the pets are used as weapons for one partner against the other, just as children often are.

好了,我道歉,各位,我只不过不想在他们到了之后让他们有更多借题发挥的地方。

Monica: Look , I'm sorry, guys, I just don't wanna give them any more ammunition than they already have.

这里,我仅仅想挑出“出生”一词,并借题发挥一下:正是活着这一事实证明了他的无辜。

I want merely to single out at this point the word "birth" and to play on words: it was the fact of living that assured his innocence.