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Divert Attention   [V N Spanert Ed V Means

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divert ★★☆☆☆
/daɪvɜ͟ː(r)t, AM dɪ-/
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)转向;(使)绕道 To divert vehicles or travellers means to make them follow a different route or go to a different destination than they originally intended. You can also say that someone or something diverts from a particular route or to a particular place.
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  • ...Rainham Marshes, east London, where a new bypass will divert traffic from the A13...

    伦敦东部的雷纳姆泽,那儿有一条新的旁道将会分流 A13 公路的交通

  • During the strike, ambulances will be diverted to private hospitals...

    在罢工期间,救护车将被转到私人医院去。

  • We diverted a plane to rescue 100 passengers...

    我们让一架飞机改变航线去营救 100 名乘客。

  • She insists on diverting to a village close to the airport...

    她坚持改道去机场附近的一个村庄。

  • The capital remained jammed with diverted traffic.

    尽管实行了交通分流,首都依旧很堵。

in AM, use 美国英语用 detour
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[VERB 动词]改变(资金、资源)的用途;转移 To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose.
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  • The government is trying to divert more public funds from west to east.

    政府正试图将更多的公共基金从西部转到东部。

  • ...government departments involved in diverting resources into community care.

    负责将资源用于社区保健的政府部门

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[VERB 动词]转接(电话) To divert a phone call means to send it to a different number or place from the one that was dialled by the person making the call.
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  • He instructed switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him.

    他让总机接线员将劳拉所有的电话都转给他。

  • Customers will only incur additional call charges if the call is diverted outside the UK.

    只有当电话被转接到英国之外,客户才会被加收额外的电话费。

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[VERB 动词]转移,分散(注意力) If you say that someone diverts your attention from something important or serious, you disapprove of them behaving or talking in a way that stops you thinking about it.
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  [disapproval]
  • They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues.

    他们想要把人们的注意力从真正的问题上转移开。

  • The President needed to divert attention away from his own economic record.

    总统需要将人们的视线从他以往在经济上的表现上转移开。


Oxford di·vert / daɪˈvɜːt ; NAmE daɪˈvɜːrt / verb spanertsb/sth (from sth) (to sth) 1 to make sb/sth change direction 使转向;使绕道;转移 Northbound traffic will have to be spanerted onto minor roads. 北行车辆将不得不绕次要道路行驶。 2 spanertsth to use money, materials, etc. for a different purpose from their original purpose 改变(资金、材料等)的用途 3 spanertsth to take sb's thoughts or attention away from sth 转移(某人)的注意力;使分心 SYN
distract
The war spanerted 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。
4 spanertsb ( formal) to entertain people 娱乐;供消遣 Children are easily spanerted. 孩子们很容易被逗乐。 spanert spanerts spanerted spanerting
di·vert / daɪˈvɜːt ; NAmE daɪˈvɜːrt /
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divertdi‧vert /daɪˈvɜːt, də- $ -ɜːrt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to change the use of something such as time or moneydivert something into/to/(away) from etc something The company should divert more resources into research. Officials diverted revenue from arms sales to the rebels.2to change the direction in which something travelsdivert a river/footpath/road etc Canals divert water from the Truckee River into the lake. The high street is closed and traffic is being diverted.3if you divert your telephone calls, you arrange for them to go directly to another number, for example because you are not able to answer them yourself for some time:  Remember to divert your phone when you are out of the office.4to deliberately take someone’s attention from something by making them think about or notice other thingsdivert (somebody’s) attention (away from somebody/something) The crime crackdown is an attempt to divert attention from social problems. He’d been trying to divert suspicion away from himself.5formal to amuse or entertain someone
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divert

[daɪˈvɜ:t]diverted, diverting, diverts

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diverted[1290] diverting[613]
转移(97%),娱乐(3%)
vt.转移;使…欢娱;使…转向
vi.转移
n.(Divert)人名;(法)迪韦尔

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