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Divergent Moving Things Opposite Work Clown People 英

英语单词 divergent
英美音标 英 [daɪ'vɜːdʒənt] 美 [daɪ'vɜːdʒənt]
中文释义 adj.分歧的;分开的;偏离的
英语例句 (1) For the Jazz, the loss produced divergent viewpoints afterward.
中文例句 (1) 失利后的爵士出现了很多有分歧的观点。
vocabulary简明 Something divergent is moving away from what is expected. Two divergent paths are moving in opposite directions — away from each other.
vocabulary扩展 Things that are divergent are diverging — moving away from a path or a standard. A teacher who comes to work in a clown outfit is being divergent; a clown who comes to work in a business suit is also being divergent. A stream is divergent if it is moving in the opposite direction of a river. A politician who is divergent might leave his political party. Divergent people and things are changing course — moving off the beaten path.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有分歧的;不同的;相异的 Divergent things are different from each other.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...two people who have divergent views on this question...

    在这个问题上意见相左的两个人

  • Similar customs were known in widely divergent cultures such as Ancient Egypt and Scandinavia.

    在大不相同的文化中有一些相似的习俗,比如古埃及和斯堪的纳维亚之间。

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