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divert

verb
 
🔊/daɪˈvɜːt/
🔊/daɪˈvɜːrt/
Verb Forms
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/
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  1.  
    [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.流的路线现已改道。
    • 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。🔊🔊
  2.  
    [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。
  3.  
    to take somebody’s thoughts or attention away from something转移（某人）的注意力；使分心 synonym distract
    • 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.她设法将婴儿转移到另一项活动上。
  4. [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。🔊🔊
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: via French from Latin divertere, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’.