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单词 divert
释义
divert
verb[T]
uk
/daɪˈvɜːt/us
/dɪˈvɝːt/

divertverb[T](CHANGE DIRECTION)

C2
tocausesomething or someone tochangedirection:
使改变方向，使转向
Traffic will be diverted through thesidestreetswhile themainroadisresurfaced.这条主干道重铺路面时，车辆行人将被分流到侧路通行。
Ourflighthad to be divertedtoNewark because of thestorm.由于暴风雨，我们的班机被迫改在纽瓦克机场降落。
to use something for a differentpurpose:
将…用于其他目的；改变…的用途
Should morefunds/money/resourcesbe divertedfromroadsintorailways?是否应该将更多的资金／资源从公路转投到铁路上？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Changing direction
  • about-face
  • about-turn
  • bear
  • bore
  • branch off
  • break
  • cut
  • decoy
  • deflect
  • diversionary
  • glance off(something)
  • head off
  • oscillate
  • oscillation
  • peaked
  • reverse
  • turn
  • U-ie
  • veer
  • yo-yoing
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Using and misusing

divertverb[T](TAKE ATTENTION AWAY)

C1
to take someone'sattentionaway from something:
分散，转移（注意力）
Thewarhas divertedattention(away)fromthe country'seconomicproblems.战争转移了人们对国家经济问题的关注。
formal
toentertainsomeone:
使开心，供消遣
It's agreatgamefor divertingrestlesskidsonlongcarrides.这个游戏很棒，可供那些乘车长途旅行时出现烦躁情绪的孩子们进行消遣。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Celebrating & entertaining
  • a good time was had by allidiom
  • amuse
  • amused
  • bacchanalian
  • banqueting
  • bar-hop
  • entertain
  • entertaining
  • ents
  • go to townidiom
  • kill
  • perform
  • propose
  • push
  • rejoice
  • rejoicing
  • revel
  • revel insomething
  • revelry
  • throw
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Creating a distraction
(Definition ofdivertfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

divert| American Dictionary

divert
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈvɜrt,dɑɪ-/

divertverb[T](CHANGE DIRECTION)

tocausesomething or someone toturnin a differentdirection:
Ourflightwas diverted fromSanFrancisco to Oakland because of thefog.
To divert something or someone is also tocausethe thing orpersonto be used for a differentpurpose:
Theadministrationhad to divertfundsfrom thedefensebudgettopayfor theemergencyreliefeffort.

divertverb[T](TAKE ATTENTION AWAY)

to takeattentionaway from something:
Militaryactionnow could divertattentionfromimminentvotesinCongresson health-carelegislation.
fmlTo divert can alsomeantoamuse:
Thedogkeptthechildrendiverted for a while.
(Definition ofdivertfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

divert| Business English

divert
verb[T]
uk
/daɪˈvɜːt/us
to use something such asmoneyfor apurposethat is different from themainone or the one that wasoriginallyplanned:
divert sth to sb/sthMutualstendtopayout more thanquotedinsurersbecause they do not have to divert achunkoftheirprofitstoshareholders.
divert sth from sth to/into sthThecompanyis to divertresourcesfromitstraditionalretailinteriorsoperationintoitsfurniturebusiness.
to take a person's or people'sattentionaway from something so that theythinkabout somethingelse:
Thenewsof hisappointmentdivertedattentionfroma 20%fallinpretaxprofit.
COMMERCE
tosellgoodsorservicesin a differentplacefrom theplacewhere it wasplannedthat they should besold:
If youseeahaircareproductthat youthinkmay be anillegallydivertedproduct,callthebrandmanufacturerrightaway.
TRANSPORT
tochangethe way thatgoodsaresentor theplacethat they aresentto:
Many of theshipmentshave been diverted fromairtorail.
Shippinglineswereconsideringdivertingtheirvesselsto othermajorJapaneseportstounloadcargo.
COMMUNICATIONS
toarrangeforphonecallsto godirectlyto anothernumber:
Aphonecan be set to divert acallwhen thelineisbusy.

Phrasal verb

divert sb from sth
(Definition ofdivertfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdivert

divert
The injection of a more psychosocial perspective, therefore, diverted some women away from sections, and even informal hospitalization.
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Attention is thereby diverted from another variety: informal or unarticulated power.
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You may wish to say that so many more children could be benefited if the resources were diverted to them instead.
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The home authority, on the other hand, could find its funds being compulsorily diverted to services and cases it considered low priority.
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The oncoming flow is partly diverted over, and partly under the body.
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If these increase, as in the factor-neutral innovation case, labor and capital will be diverted from other activities so as to clear new land.
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More importantly in a developing country context, scarce resources can be diverted from uses that have a higher social priority.
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The doctors were diverted into believing that it was related to my stomach.
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Money that had been spent on television and radio advertising was diverted to buy space in the print and outdoor media.
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The local state warned that union funds 'which might easily reach a considerable figure' could be diverted to politically revolutionary purposes.
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He categorically denied that temple funds were diverted into the estate.
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However, these demands of economic management encouraged rather than diverted the efforts at tax reform which are the concern of this paper.
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Termites tunnelled slowly in the dry sand, but diverted their tunnelling into the wet sand once it had been discovered.
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By these speculations, contemplative heads, who else might dangerously have busied themselves about state affairs, were finally moped and diverted.
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Having diverted the trolley, you now face the allegedly new problem of the trolley's hurtling towards the five after circling.
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