divert
verb /daɪˈvɜːt/
/daɪˈvɜːrt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they divert | /daɪˈvɜːt/ /daɪˈvɜːrt/ |
| he / she / it diverts | /daɪˈvɜːts/ /daɪˈvɜːrts/ |
| past simple diverted | /daɪˈvɜːtɪd/ /daɪˈvɜːrtɪd/ |
| past participle diverted | /daɪˈvɜːtɪd/ /daɪˈvɜːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form diverting | /daɪˈvɜːtɪŋ/ /daɪˈvɜːrtɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] to make somebody/something change direction
使转向；使绕道；转移 - be diverted The course of the stream has now been diverted.
这条小溪现在已经改道了。 - be diverted (from something) (to/into/onto something) Northbound traffic will have to be diverted onto minor roads.
北行车辆将不得不绕次要道路行驶。
- be diverted The course of the stream has now been diverted.
- [often passive] to use money, materials, etc. for a different purpose from their original purpose
改变（资金、材料等）的用途 - be diverted (from something) (to/into something) More of the budget was diverted into promotions.
更多的预算被用于促销。
- be diverted (from something) (to/into something) More of the budget was diverted into promotions.
- to take somebody’s thoughts or attention away from something
转移（某人）的注意力；使分心 - divert somebody/something (away) from something The war diverted people's attention away from the economic situation.
战争把民众的注意力从经济状况上移开了。 - divert somebody/something (from something) to/onto something She managed to divert the baby onto a different activity.
她设法把婴儿转移到一个不同的活动上。
- divert somebody/something (away) from something The war diverted people's attention away from the economic situation.
- [often passive] (formal) to entertain people
娱乐；供消遣 - be diverted Children are easily diverted.
孩子们很容易被逗乐。
- be diverted Children are easily diverted.
词源late Middle English: via French from Latin divertere, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’.