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单词 deflect
释义
deflect
verb
uk
/dɪˈflekt/us
/dɪˈflekt/
[IorT]
tochangedirectionafterhittingsomething, or tocausesomething to do this :
Theballdeflectedoffmyshoulder,straightinto thegoal.球打在我的肩膀上反弹进了球门。
Thecrowdcheeredas thegoalkeeperdeflected theshot.当守门员把球挡出去的时候人们欢呼了起来。
If ahugemeteorwasheadingtowards us,ourbesthopecould be to deflect itaway fromtheEarthusing anuclearexplosion.
[T]
tocausesomeone tochangefrom orstopwhat they wereintendingto do:
Hisinitialdefeatsdid not deflect himfromhisambitions.
Shelistensto him, but doesn'tallowherself to be deflectedfromherpurpose.
We willcontinuewithourplansand not be deflected by theattacks.
[T]
toavoidsomething such ascriticism,blame, or aquestionbeingdirectedat you:
Thepresidentdeflectedcriticismof hiseconomicrecordbyfocusingoncrime.
Hesuccessfullydeflectedblamefor hismismanagementof thecrisis.
I justtriedto deflectquestionsthebestway I could.
[IorT]psychologyspecialized
toattackorblameanotherpersonratherthanacceptingcriticismorblameforyourownactions:
When someone deflects, they aretryingtofeellessguilty,avoidnegativeconsequences, and put theblameonothers.
Theguiltypersondeflectstheirguiltonto thepersonwho isaccusingthem or onto anotherperson.
Related word
deflection
More examples
  • She uses herlongarmstodistractshooters and deflectpasses.
  • Screens deflectfishaway from thedams'turbines.
  • Most of thestreamof high-energyradiationcoming from the Sun is deflected by Earth'smagneticfield.
  • Letyourbossrealizethat nothing is going to deflect you fromreachingyourobjectives.
  • Theadministrationtriedto deflectcriticismofitsenvironmentalrecordbyfocusingontroublesinCongress.
  • Theypaintedhim as thevictimof amalicioussmearcampaign,thusdeflecting thespotlightfrom hislackofexperience.
  • Theabuserimmediatelyrespondsto anydiscussionorconfrontationof hisactionsby deflecting thefocusonto the survivor'sbehaviour.
  • Beingfriendswith someone who deflects onto you candamageyourmentalhealthandself-esteem.
  • Here are somesignsyourpartnermay be deflectingresponsibilityfor what goeswronginyourrelationship.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Changing direction
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • bear
  • bore
  • branch off
  • break
  • cut
  • decoy
  • deflection
  • divert
  • glance off(something)
  • head off
  • oscillate
  • oscillation
  • peaked
  • reverse
  • turn
  • U-ie
  • veer
  • yo-yoing
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Goals and purposes
Avoiding action
Blaming & accusing
(Definition ofdeflectfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
deflect
verb[IorT]
uk
/dɪˈflekt/us
/dɪˈflekt/
to (causeto)changedirection, or topreventsomething from beingdirectedat you
（使）转向，（使）偏斜
Theballdeflectedoffmyshoulder,straightinto thegoal.球打在我的肩膀上反弹进了球门。
Thecrowdcheeredas thegoalkeeperdeflected theshot.当守门员把球挡出去的时候人们欢呼了起来。
He deflected theballawayfromthegoal.他把球挡出了球门。
Theprimeministerdeflectedmountingcriticismtoday byannouncingtaxcuts.今天首相宣布减税，从而平息了越来越多的批评声音。

deflect| American Dictionary

deflect
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈflekt/
tocausesomething tochangedirection, or tosuddenlygo in a differentdirection:
Theionospheredeflectsradiowaves.
fig.Themayordeflected(= did notanswerdirectly)questionsabout hispoliticalplans.

deflection

noun[U]us
/dɪˈflek·ʃən/
(Definition ofdeflectfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdeflect

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His intent focus on the singer's offstage poise suggests how much he has yet to learn about striking a pose and deflecting the gaze.
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Suppose the stock of knowledge could be improved to permit deflecting or destroying the meteor before it caused harm.
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There is a hard centre of otherness that deflects the hearer's projections.
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It has been shown that the electrons deflected during the interaction, could scatter on the walls of the experimental chamber, and fake a high-energy signal.
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These involve critiques of middle-class claims to disinterested universalism of values for veiling class interest and deflecting attention away from class conflict.
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Thus, ongoing circumstances may support pursuance of potentially deviating developmental pathways ordeflectthe individual back toward more normal adaptation.
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This acts todeflectthe electrons into the region of higher electric field, increasing the field generation.
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Indeed, not only are their envelopes similarly deflected from their progression, but they share the same spatial and spectral progression towards a specific horizontal point.
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Large gradients of electron density in this plasmadeflectlaser rays from their initial trajectories, thus deforming substantially the laser intensity distribution on the target.
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In this way, much of the otherwise suppressed and deflected hostility between female affinal and kin relations is expressed through reciprocation and non-reciprocation in gham-khadi.
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Here the median and peak of the temperature distribution are deflected towards the largescale turbulence region.
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Nonetheless, it would not be wise todeflectattention completely from paediatric cardiac surgery.
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In this device, the r coordinate oscillation is generated by a conventional galvo-scanner deflecting the beam out of the optical axis.
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Throughout the ages, political entrepreneurs have sought, often with considerable success, todeflectblame for their country's woes to powerless groups.
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Public attention to the unsustainability of this trend is deflected by the wartime rhetoric.
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