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derail

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they derail
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he / she / it derails
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past simple derailed
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past participle derailed
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-ing form derailing
🔊/diːˈreɪlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] (of a train火车) to leave the track; to make a train do this（使）脱轨，出轨
    • The train derailed and plunged into the river.火车脱轨栽进了河里。🔊🔊
    • derail something The rebels plotted to derail trains and blow up bridges.叛军策划使火车出轨并炸毁桥梁。
    Topics Transport by bus and trainc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDerail is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • train
    Derail is used with these nouns as the object:
    • career
    • effort
    • election
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] derail something to stop a process from continuing in the way it was intended to
    • This latest incident could derail the peace process.最近这个事件可能会扰乱和平进程。🔊🔊
    • It is claims of financial irregularities which could ultimately derail his campaign.财务违规的说法最终可能使他的竞选活动陷于混乱。
    • The company’s plans were initially derailed by problems with licence agreements.该公司的计划最初因许可协议问题而脱轨。
    3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French dérailler, from dé- (expressing removal) + rail ‘rail’.