| 词汇 | diverted |
| 释义 | diverted past simple and past participle ofdivert divert verb[ T ] uk /daɪˈvɜːt/ us /dɪˈvɝːt/ divertverb[T] (CHANGE DIRECTION)C2 to cause something or someone to change direction: 使改变方向，使转向 Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.这条主干道重铺路面时，车辆行人将被分流到侧路通行。 Our flight had to be diverted to Newark because of the storm.由于暴风雨，我们的班机被迫改在纽瓦克机场降落。 to use something for a different purpose: 将…用于其他目的;改变…的用途 Should more funds/money/resources be diverted from roads into railways?是否应该将更多的资金／资源从公路转投到铁路上？ 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: Using and misusing divertverb[T] (TAKE ATTENTION AWAY)C1 to take someone's attention away from something: 分散，转移（注意力） The war has diverted attention(away)from the country's economic problems.战争转移了人们对国家经济问题的关注。 formal to entertain someone: 使开心，供消遣 It's a great game for diverting restless kids on long car rides .这个游戏很棒，可供那些乘车长途旅行时出现烦躁情绪的孩子们进行消遣。 Celebrating & entertaining a good time was had by allidiom amuse amused bacchanalian banqueting bar-hop entertain entertaining ents go to townidiom kill perform propose push rejoice rejoicing rejoicingly revel revel in something throw You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Creating a distraction Examples of diverteddiverted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Money that had been spent on television and radio advertising was diverted to buy space in the print and outdoor media. Since we are always busy concentrating on the present, our attentions may be diverted before any final attribution can be completed - contexts slip away. The observed similarity of edge turbulence in limited and diverted geometries motivates a search for universal mechanisms. The local state warned that union funds 'which might easily reach a considerable figure' could be diverted to politically revolutionary purposes. However, these demands of economic management encouraged rather than diverted the efforts at tax reform which are the concern of this paper. Termites tunnelled slowly in the dry sand, but diverted their tunnelling into the wet sand once it had been discovered. This was the emotional commitment of the dedicated enemy of sin and nothing, neither home, children nor her frequent prolonged illnesses, diverted her from it. By these speculations, contemplative heads, who else might dangerously have busied themselves about state affairs, were finally moped and diverted. Having diverted the trolley, you now face the allegedly new problem of the trolley's hurtling towards the five after circling. In some instances this has diverted attention from the study of the physiology of reproduction to the development of new technologies for assisted reproduction. When science is diverted from them, science suffers an irreparable loss of know-how in the form of specialized information and methodology. It is also noted how measures introduced for one purpose may subsequently be misconstrued or diverted for a completely different purpose. Besides, it diverted energy and resources from the crucial task of modernising pensions, to which it had little to contribute. With much transport also diverted, this provoked widespread disruption in other economic activities. A scheme introduced in the 1940s to provide domestic water supplies diverted natural mountain streams and destroyed snail habitats in the low-lying areas. 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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