[受…干扰（被动）]
e.g. I got sidetracked by her.
[跑题]
e.g. Sorry I got sidetracked and talked about my lousy experience at the bar, Where was I?
"Where was I?” means :What did I say it? 刚刚说到哪了？
“Lousy” means something terrible/dirty (lousy headache/lousy words)
e.g. Live streaming hosts are prone to be sidetracked bu questions from the audience.
prone to be means …be easy to do sth.
[偶遇]
e.g. I got sidetracked with Alice.
【造句】
John got sidetracked from looking for an envelope by some old letters.
前几天和出租车司机聊到为什么不换纯电动的出租车，司机师傅围绕充电桩等配套设施吐槽了很久，可见电动车的推广在一定程度上受到了充电桩的限制。
Up to a point, the electric car revolution got sidetracked by the battery charging stations.
