| 词汇 | deflecting |
| 释义 | deflecting present participle ofdeflect deflect verb uk /dɪˈflekt/ us /dɪˈflekt/ [ I or T ] to change direction after hitting something, or to cause something to do this : （使）转向，（使）偏斜 The ball deflected off my shoulder, straight into the goal.球打在我的肩膀上反弹进了球门。 The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the shot.当守门员把球挡出去的时候人们欢呼了起来。 If a huge meteor was heading towards us, our best hope could be to deflect it away from the Earth using a nuclear explosion. [ T ] to cause someone to change from or stop what they were intending to do: His initial defeats did not deflect him from his ambitions. She listens to him, but doesn't allow herself to be deflected from her purpose. We will continue with our plans and not be deflected by the attacks. [ T ] to avoid something such as criticism, blame, or a question being directed at you: The president deflected criticism of his economic record by focusing on crime. He successfully deflected blame for his mismanagement of the crisis. I just tried to deflect questions the best way I could. [ I or T ] psychology specialized to attack or blame another person rather than accepting criticism or blame for your own actions: When someone deflects, they are trying to feel less guilty, avoid negative consequences, and put the blame on others. The guilty person deflects their guilt onto the person who is accusing them or onto another person. Related word deflection She uses her long arms to distract shooters and deflect passes. Screens deflect fish away from the dams' turbines. Most of the stream of high-energy radiation coming from the Sun is deflected by Earth's magnetic field. Let your boss realize that nothing is going to deflect you from reaching your objectives. The administration tried to deflect criticism of its environmental record by focusing on troubles in Congress. They painted him as the victim of a malicious smear campaign, thus deflecting the spotlight from his lack of experience. The abuser immediately responds to any discussion or confrontation of his actions by deflecting the focus onto the survivor's behaviour. Being friends with someone who deflects onto you can damage your mental health and self-esteem. Here are some signs your partner may be deflecting responsibility for what goes wrong in your relationship. Changing direction about-face about-turn bear branch branch off break decoy divert someone/something to somewhere do an about-face do an about-turn excursive excursively ping-pong regear reverse slew someone's back is turnedidiom swerve turn around wheel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Goals and purposes Avoiding action Blaming & accusing Examples of deflectingdeflecting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. His intent focus on the singer's offstage poise suggests how much he has yet to learn about striking a pose and deflecting the gaze. Suppose the stock of knowledge could be improved to permit deflecting or destroying the meteor before it caused harm. These involve critiques of middle-class claims to disinterested universalism of values for veiling class interest and deflecting attention away from class conflict. In this device, the r coordinate oscillation is generated by a conventional galvo-scanner deflecting the beam out of the optical axis. This type of mapping imposes a major burden on users, deflecting them from focusing directly on meeting their requirements. The performance of the measurement system is examined by locking the joint and deflecting the end-point in fixed increments. These brush units have geometrical shapes corresponding to the potential robot body module shapes achievable by deflecting the flexible steel hoop. Thus, these early interventions could be effective in deflecting the path of the would-be life-course persistent offender. Care workers were observed deflecting offers of help from residents, who were barred from entering kitchens, laundry rooms and offices. This internal self-criticism is all the more remarkable because the profession has been so successful over the years at deflecting such scrutiny from outside. My parentage, my education and the circumstances of my work have contributed to deflecting me from them. This is fundamentally a matter of deflecting attention away from the replicative and the productive and focusing instead on representation. I offer it only as a means of deflecting the natural lawyer's objection by showing that it is possible to explain disagreement without resorting to the principles of morality. Increasing or decreasing proportions of deaths in some classifications may be progressively deflecting the general death rate towards or away from their own particular seasonal patterns. And if caught somewhere in the middle, does the practitioner adopt a self-serving course of action aimed at deflecting a ruinous lawsuit rather than benefiting either "patient"? 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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