sideshow

n.

（正戏中的）穿插表演；附带游乐项目；附带事件或活动；次要问题或事情

复数：sideshows

1. The sideshows will fetch in the people as well.
   幕间穿插的表演同样可以招徕看客。
2. If we didn't, Whitewater would soon look like the sideshow it was.
   如果我们不能解决这个麻烦，白水事件马上会显得好似芝麻绿豆大的小事一般。
3. Everything else about Sony is a sideshow.
   索尼的其他事情都只是余兴节目。

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