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单词 detour
释义
detour
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdiː.tɔːr/us
/ˈdiː.tʊr/
a different or lessdirectrouteto aplacethat is used toavoidaproblemor tovisitsomewhereor do something on the way:
绕行的路，迂回路
You'd bewisetomakea detour toavoidtheroadworks.
US
(UKdiversion)
a differentroutethat is used because aroadisclosed:
绕行路线
Traffic detours will bekeptto aminimumthroughoutthefestival.在节日期间，尽量不实行交通绕行措施。
anoccasionwhen someone does something that is different from what isusualorexpected, or says something that is notpartof themainsubjectthat is beingtalkedor written about:
His anti-alcoholcampaignwas araredetourintothefieldofpublichealth.
Barring anysurprisedetours, thegovernorisexpectedtosignbothproposals.
Whilediscussingeducation, she took asharpdetour intotradepolicy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Roads & routes in general
  • adopt
  • adopted
  • approach
  • ascent
  • bicycle lane/path
  • bike lane
  • exit
  • impassable
  • lane
  • milk round
  • multi-lane
  • one-way
  • outside lane
  • roadworks
  • route
  • RR
  • shortcut
  • skid marks
  • toll road
  • tollway
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Changing direction
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
detour
verb
mainlyUS
uk
/ˈdiː.tɔːr/us
/ˈdiː.tʊr/
[IorT]
to go or make someone go a different or lessdirectrouteto aplace, inordertoavoidaproblemor tovisitsomewhereor do something on the way:
We had to detour arounddowntown, so it took uslongerthanusual.
[T]
topreventsomeone from doing something or makingprogressfor aperiodoftime:
Detoured byfamilyandchildren, she didn'tfocusonperforminguntil the early 1990s.
[I]
to do something that is different from what isusualorexpected, or to say something that is notpartof themainsubjectthat is beingtalkedor written about:
He came to theareato be acountrydoctorand detouredintostatepolitics.
Thebooktriestospeakto thelaymanbut often detours intoterritorymostinterestingtomedicaltechnologistsandstatisticians.
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  • If just atinyfractionof theoutletshoppersdetoureddowntowntovisitthemuseumand do a little moreshopping, it would be abigboostfor thearea.
  • Traffic was being detoured aroundpotentialhotspotsin Manila.
  • Leaving thebedroom, he detoured into thekitchentorinseout themugand thenwearilyclimbedback up thestairstobed.
  • Conversationquicklydetoured after Burch told hisclassThe New York Times wasinterestedin thestory.
  • This country'ssportsfanshaveembracedahostofathleteswhosecareersappearedto bederailedor at least detoured byscandal.
  • Severalfactorscould detour the agency'sattemptatclosure.
  • Yourdaymight be detoured by achanceencounterwith afriend.
  • Theroux was nothappyto beremindedof this, and detoured into alongdisquisitiononliterarysiblingrivalry.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Changing direction
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • bear
  • bore
  • branch off
  • break
  • cut
  • decoy
  • deflect
  • divert
  • glance off(something)
  • head off
  • oscillate
  • oscillation
  • peaked
  • reverse
  • turn
  • U-ie
  • veer
  • yo-yoing
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Cancelling and interrupting
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
(Definition ofdetourfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
detour
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdiː.tɔːr/us
/ˈdiː.tʊr/
a different or lessdirectrouteto aplacethat is used toavoidaproblemor tovisitsomewhereor do something on the way
绕行的路，迂回路
You'd bewisetomake(USalsotake) a detour toavoidtheroadworks.绕开道路施工地点是明智之举。
US
(UKdiversion)
a differentroutethat is used because aroadisclosed
绕行路线
Traffic detours will bekeptto aminimumthroughoutthefestival.在节日期间，尽量不实行交通绕行措施。

detour| American Dictionary

detour
noun[C]
us
/ˈdi·tʊər/
a way of getting to aplacethat isindirectandlongerthan theusualway, and which is taken inordertoavoidaparticularproblemor to do somethingspecial:
You’readvisedto take a detour toavoidtheroadconstruction.
We made a little detour todropSarah off on the wayhome.

detour

verb[I]us
/ˈdi·tʊər/
We had to detour around thefloodedroad.
(Definition ofdetourfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdetour

detour
These normalizing functions are defined in terms of simpler detourcontraction functions, where only detours of particular ordinal-levels are contracted.
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That first trip he had to make a longdetourto his cousin's house in the mountains to stay the night.
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Instead, as if to avoid anatomically impossible movements, the motion takes longer paths and detours.
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We started to head to the wrong way to the side of the tent as we continued to make adetouravoiding the raven.
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There exist several possibilities to chose thedetourmode.
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This patronage, however, was not consistent throughout; much of the detail of itsdetourthus requires a closer scrutiny.
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Whereas criticism must lead to reflexive insight, even if bydetourand refraction.
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Similar problems require adetourinto distributive categories to handle the conditional form of the filter function.
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But in order to state the view correctly, we must take a briefdetourinto the semantics of subjunctive conditionals.
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Section 5 makes a briefdetourto consider some issues connected with the rule of transitivity (a notorious troublemaker in subtyping systems).
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This takes him on to his own position without too many detours.
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In this natural break, the listener could be taken on a literal and metaphoricaldetour, the juxtaposition of locations reflected in the false map.
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A leftdetouris performed in both cases, and the robot reaches its moving goal successfully.
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Presumably, detouring, running fast, hiding, and the like were the behaviors that gave humans a reproductive edge in this case.
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The renaming relation allows such detours to be eliminated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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