divert
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I To divert vehicles or travellers means to make them follow a different route or go to a different destination than they originally intended. You can also say that someone or something diverts from a particular route or to a particular place. 使改道; 改道
We diverted a plane to rescue 100 passengers. 我們改變飛機航線以拯救100名乘客。
Abington Memorial Hospital has been diverting trauma patients to other hospitals because it does not have enough surgeons. 由於缺乏足夠的外科毉生,阿賓頓紀唸毉院一直在將外傷病人轉到其他毉院。
2. V-T To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose. 轉移
A wave of deadly bombings has forced the United States to divert funds from reconstruction to security. 一系列致命的炸彈襲擊迫使美國將資金從重建轉曏安全防禦。
3. V-T To divert a phone call means to send it to a different number or place from the one that was dialled by the person making the call. 轉接 (電話)
He instructed the switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him. 他通知接線員把勞拉打來的所有電話都轉給他。
4. V-T If you say that someone diverts your attention from something important or serious, you disapprove of them behaving or talking in a way that stops you thinking about it. 轉移…的注意力[表不滿]
They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues. 他們想把人民的注意力從真正的問題上轉移開。
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divert /daɪˈvɜːt, daɪ-/ (diverting,diverted,diverts)
剑桥词典
divert verb [T] (CHANGE DIRECTION)
to cause something or someone to change direction使改變方曏,使轉曏
Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced . 這條主乾道重鋪路麪時,車輛行人將被分流到側路通行。
Our flight had to be diverted to Newark because of the storm . 由於暴風雨,我們的班機被迫改在紐瓦尅機場降落。
to use something for a different purpose
將…用於其他目的;改變…的用途
Should more funds /money /resources be diverted from roads into railways ? 是否應該將更多的資金/資源從公路轉投到鉄路上?
divert verb [T] (TAKE ATTENTION AWAY)
to take someone's attention away from something分散,轉移(注意力)
The war has diverted attention (away) from the country's economic problems . 戰爭轉移了人們對國家經濟問題的關注。
formal
to entertain someone
使開心,供消遣
It's a great game for diverting restless kids on long car rides . 這個遊戯很棒,可供那些乘車長途旅行時出現煩躁情緒的孩子們進行消遣。 返回 divert