beside the point

The fact that China controls the flow of currency is beside the point in terms of visible trade manipulation.

事实是，对于可见贸易操纵，中国无法控制现金流动。

To many who would discredit American capitalism, this sort of cold-hearted number-crunching is beside the point.

对于许多质疑美国资本主义的人来说，这样冷冰冰地捣弄数字有些离题。

Always remember: the journey is all. The destination is beside the point.

始终谨记：旅程才是一切，目的地无关紧要。

With that gloomy assumption in mind, most of the five-minute speeches sounded absurdly beside the point.

随着这种沮丧的思想索绕在代表们的心中，五分钟发言大多数都偏离了主题。

How much it costs is beside the point.

花多少钱的问题不必谈了。

The impact of what he did is so enormous that judging it now is almost beside the point.

他所给我们带来的影响是如此巨大，以至于在这时候评论这件事几乎是无关紧要的。

He looked at me doubtfully, and I knew myself that the question was beside the point.

他疑惑地看着我，我知道我提出的问题偏离了话题。

Whether or not Mr Buffett is in fact as irreplaceable as it suggests is beside the point.

巴菲特是否真像惠誉所暗示的那样无可取代并不重要。

Mr. Greenberg said the amount of exposure AIG faced under the contracts when he left was beside the point.

格林伯格说，他离职时AIG面临的合同风险敞口规模有多大不是问题所在。

Whether or not he apologizes is beside the point. He shouldn't hit his wife.

他有没有道歉并不重要。总之他不该打老婆。

You should breathe. And enjoy the moment. In the end, whether or not you reach orgasm is almost beside the point.

你应该深呼吸，享受这一时刻。最后，无论你是否达到高潮已经几乎无关紧要了。

Stevenson looks on the bright side of the dark trend, suggesting that happiness is beside the point.

史蒂文森却在这股暗潮中看到了光明的一面，她指出，幸福与此无关。

Whether or not he lives up to his legend is beside the point. Are you with me?

他是否如他传说中的一样并不是重点。你明白吗？

That it doesn't produce much of its own content is beside the point. Neither does Netflix.

至于说很多内容都不是它自己生产的，这根本不能说明问题。

I glanced at my questions, but now they seemed beside the point.

我瞥了一眼准备好的问题，但它们眼下有点似是而非了。

But the size of the intervention was supposed to be beside the point.

但是，按理说，此次干预的意义并不在于规模。

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。

Whether or not they like you is quite beside the point.

他们喜不喜欢你无关紧要。

Second, much of Beijing's anti-inflation efforts to date-- targeting the supply of food-- are beside the point.

其二，中国抑制通胀的努力到目前为止主要是针对食品供应，并未击中问题要害。

Indeed, increasingly last week it seemed the client was almost beside the point.

实际上，上周看来，客户越来越不是重点了。