新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

divertIELTS重点词汇

英 [daɪˈvɜːt]

美 [dɪ-]

[VERB]

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VERB. 动词

diverts , diverting , diverted
1. [I 不及物动词] 使改道 , 改道
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.
双语例句
例：
We diverted a plane to rescue 100 passengers.
我们改变飞机航线以拯救100名乘客。
例：
Abington Memorial Hospital has been diverting trauma patients to other hospitals because it does not have enough surgeons.
由于外科医生不足，阿宾顿纪念医院一直在将外伤病人转到其他医院。
例：
a project intended to divert water from the north of the country to drought-prone southern and eastern states.
一个计划使北部的水源改道流向易发旱情的南部和东部州的项目。
例：
During the strike, ambulances will be diverted to private hospitals.
罢工期间，救护车将改道开到私人医院去。
例：
attempts to divert the lava flow.
使岩浆改道的尝试。
例：
a diverted river.
一条改了道的河流。
2. [T 及物动词] 转移
To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose.
双语例句
例：
A wave of deadly bombings has forced the United States to divert funds from reconstruction to security.
一系列致命的炸弹袭击迫使美国将资金从重建转向安全防御。
例：
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移到东部。
例：
government departments involved in diverting resources into community care.
参与将资源转到社区医护上的政府部门。
3. [T 及物动词] 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.
双语例句
例：
He instructed the switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him.
他通知接线员把劳拉打来的所有电话都转给他。
4. [T 及物动词] 转移…的注意力
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.
近义词
distract
双语例句
例：
They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues.
他们想把人们的注意力从真正的问题上转移开。