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单词 swerve
释义
swerve
verb[I]
uk
/swɜːv/us
/swɝːv/
tochangedirection,especiallysuddenly:
突然改变方向，急转弯
Thebusdriverswerved toavoidhittingacyclist.为了不撞上骑自行车的人，这辆公共汽车只好急转弯。
If you do not swerve from aprincipleorcertainactions, youcontinuetothinkoractas you did in thebeginning:
改变，背离
She is one of thoserarepoliticianswhom one cantrustnot to swervefrompolicyandprinciple.她是一位难得可以信赖的政治家，不会背离自己的政策和原则。
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unswerving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Changing direction
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • bear
  • bore
  • branch off
  • break
  • cut
  • decoy
  • deflect
  • diversionary
  • divert
  • glance off(something)
  • head off
  • oscillate
  • peaked
  • reverse
  • turn
  • U-ie
  • veer
  • yo-yoing
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swerve
noun[C]
uk
/swɜːv/us
/swɝːv/
anactofchangingdirection,especiallysuddenly:
After several swerves, thecarflippedover andskiddedacrossthepavement.
More examples
  • Heranpast thedefenderwith a swerve of hiships.
  • Thecarsuddenlytook a swerve towards us.
  • With adipand a swerve theballloopedinto thegoal.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Changing direction
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • bear
  • bore
  • branch off
  • break
  • cut
  • decoy
  • deflect
  • diversionary
  • divert
  • glance off(something)
  • head off
  • oscillate
  • peaked
  • reverse
  • turn
  • U-ie
  • veer
  • yo-yoing
See more results »
(Definition ofswervefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
swerve
verb[I]
uk
/swɜːv/us
/swɝːv/
tochangedirection,especiallysuddenly
突然改变方向，急转弯
Thebusdriverswerved toavoidhittingacyclist.为了不撞上骑自行车的人，这辆公共汽车只好急转弯。
If you do not swerve from aprincipleorcertainactions, youcontinuetothinkoractas you did in thebeginning.
改变，背离
She is one of thoserarepoliticianswhom one cantrustnot to swervefrompolicyandprinciple.她是一位难得可以信赖的政治家，不会背离自己的政策和原则。
Compare
unswerving

swerve| American Dictionary

swerve
verb[I/T]
us
/swɜrv/
toturnsuddenlyto onesidewhilemovingforward:
[I]Thecabsloweddown and swerved towards thecurb.
(Definition ofswervefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofswerve

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Every now and then the atoms just swerved.
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If a pet dog ran into the street and a cyclist swerved, there might be some reasonable apprehension that that cyclist might be injured.
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One could never imagine his being swerved from what he thought to be right by any personal consideration or any private prejudice.
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Perhaps due to the weight, when the brakes of the lorry were put on the trailer swerved round and went into a form of skidding.
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He swerved to avoid it and struck the milk barrow.
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I should probably have a double heart attack, swerving violently both ways.
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At the last moment the coach driver swerved into the path of an on-coming lorry and collided with it.
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The car swerves to avoid them, and probably suffers a very much worse accident in its career across the road.
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If they are full of potholes, cyclists will be swerving to avoid the bumps and there will be accidents.
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I may, however, cause the death of the driver who swerves to avoid me.
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The second course is for the gas boards to slow down their move away from coal without swerving from their path towards greater technical efficiency.
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Liberalism was his creed, and he never swerved from it.
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We never swerved from that position to the last.
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We have not swerved one inch or one iota from them, nor shall we do so.
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Where that has happened, local authorities in many cases have swerved away, and consequently the public interest has not been served.
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