diverted
past simple and past participle ofdivert
| 单词 | diverted |
| 释义 | diverted past simple and past participle ofdivert divert verb[T] uk/daɪˈvɜːt/us/dɪˈvɝːt/divertverb[T](CHANGE DIRECTION)C2 tocausesomething or someone tochangedirection: Traffic will be diverted through thesidestreetswhile themainroadisresurfaced. Ourflighthad to be divertedtoNewark because of thestorm. to use something for a differentpurpose: Should morefunds/money/resourcesbe divertedfromroadsintorailways? Changing direction
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Using and misusing divertverb[T](TAKE ATTENTION AWAY)C1 to take someone'sattentionaway from something: Thewarhas divertedattention(away)fromthe country'seconomicproblems. formal toentertainsomeone: It's agreatgamefor divertingrestlesskidsonlongcarrides. Celebrating & entertaining
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Creating a distraction Examplesofdiverteddiverted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Money that had been spent on television and radio advertising wasdivertedto buy space in the print and outdoor media. From theCambridge English Corpus Since we are always busy concentrating on the present, our attentions may bedivertedbefore any final attribution can be completed - contexts slip away. From theCambridge English Corpus The observed similarity of edge turbulence in limited anddivertedgeometries motivates a search for universal mechanisms. From theCambridge English Corpus The local state warned that union funds 'which might easily reach a considerable figure' could bedivertedto politically revolutionary purposes. From theCambridge English Corpus However, these demands of economic management encouraged rather thandivertedthe efforts at tax reform which are the concern of this paper. From theCambridge English Corpus Termites tunnelled slowly in the dry sand, butdivertedtheir tunnelling into the wet sand once it had been discovered. From theCambridge English Corpus This was the emotional commitment of the dedicated enemy of sin and nothing, neither home, children nor her frequent prolonged illnesses,divertedher from it. From theCambridge English Corpus By these speculations, contemplative heads, who else might dangerously have busied themselves about state affairs, were finally moped anddiverted. From theCambridge English Corpus Havingdivertedthe trolley, you now face the allegedly new problem of the trolley's hurtling towards the five after circling. From theCambridge English Corpus In some instances this hasdivertedattention from the study of the physiology of reproduction to the development of new technologies for assisted reproduction. From theCambridge English Corpus When science isdivertedfrom them, science suffers an irreparable loss of know-how in the form of specialized information and methodology. From theCambridge English Corpus It is also noted how measures introduced for one purpose may subsequently be misconstrued ordivertedfor a completely different purpose. From theCambridge English Corpus Besides, itdivertedenergy and resources from the crucial task of modernising pensions, to which it had little to contribute. From theCambridge English Corpus With much transport alsodiverted, this provoked widespread disruption in other economic activities. From theCambridge English Corpus A scheme introduced in the 1940s to provide domestic water suppliesdivertednatural mountain streams and destroyed snail habitats in the low-lying areas. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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