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divert
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
diverts; diverted; diverting
diverts; diverted; diverting
Learner's definition of DIVERT
[+ object]
1
: to change the direction or use of (something)转变（方向或用途）；使绕道
- Police diverted traffic to a side street.警察把车辆引向辅路。
- The stream was diverted toward the farmland.小溪被引流到农田。
- They were charged with illegally diverting public funds for private use.他们被控非法将公款挪作私用。
2
a : to take (attention) away from someone or something转移（注意力）
- He lied to divert attention from the real situation.他撒谎是为了转移对实际状况的关注。
- They're only proposing the law to divert attention from important issues.他们提出这条法律只是为了转移人们对重大问题的关注。
b : to take the attention of (someone) away from something or someone转移（某人的）注意力；使分心
- Nothing can divert [=distract] me from my goal.无论什么都无法让我脱离自己的目标。
3
formal : to entertain (someone)娱乐；供…消遣
- The children diverted [=(more commonly) amused] themselves with games.孩子们做游戏自娱自乐。
— diverting
adjective [more diverting; most diverting]- some fairly/mildy diverting [=(more commonly) amusing, entertaining] books/movies/evenings挺有趣的书/电影/夜晚
diverted; diverting; diverts
: to turn aside : deviate
Example Sentences
Police diverted traffic to a side street. The stream was diverted toward the farmland. They were charged with illegally diverting public funds for private use. He lied to divert attention from the real situation. They're only proposing the law to divert attention from important issues.
Recent Examples on the Web But some experts say the government needs to provide more funding for STD work, not divert it. 
Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022 But some experts say the government needs to provide more funding for STD work, not divert it. Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2022 But some experts say the government needs to provide more funding for STD work, not divert it. CBS News, 19 Sep. 2022 But some experts say the government needs to provide more funding for STD work, not divert it. Mike Stobbe, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022 But just as often the gang comes off as bickering, over-privileged cranks playing at being power brokers to divert themselves from personal problems. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 Ukraine has warned that Russia was planning to disconnect the plant in a potentially risky effort to divert it to the Russian grid. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2022 So secondary prevention in the case of those who might be on the pathway to violence is to identify symptomatic individuals and then intervene to try to divert them from that pathway. Peter Bergen, CNN, 18 June 2022 Biden is also confronting a swirl of other challenges during his first trip to Asia that threatened to divert his — and the region’s — attention. Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 21 May 2022 See More
Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022 But some experts say the government needs to provide more funding for STD work, not divert it. Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2022 But some experts say the government needs to provide more funding for STD work, not divert it. CBS News, 19 Sep. 2022 But some experts say the government needs to provide more funding for STD work, not divert it. Mike Stobbe, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022 But just as often the gang comes off as bickering, over-privileged cranks playing at being power brokers to divert themselves from personal problems. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 Ukraine has warned that Russia was planning to disconnect the plant in a potentially risky effort to divert it to the Russian grid. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2022 So secondary prevention in the case of those who might be on the pathway to violence is to identify symptomatic individuals and then intervene to try to divert them from that pathway. Peter Bergen, CNN, 18 June 2022 Biden is also confronting a swirl of other challenges during his first trip to Asia that threatened to divert his — and the region’s — attention. Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 21 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English diverten "to turn in a certain direction, turn away, direct one's mind," borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French divertir, borrowed (with conjugation change) from Medieval Latin dīvertere "to turn aside, deflect, alienate (property), depart," continuing both Latin dīvertere "to separate oneself (from), be different, diverge" (from dī-, variant before voiced sounds of dis- dis- + vertere "to cause to revolve, turn, spin") and dēvertere "to turn away, divert, make a turn aside/detour," from dē- de- + vertere — more at worth entry 4
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Time Traveler
The first known use of divert was in the 15th century Phrases Containing divert
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