| 单词 | divert |
| 释义 | divert (daɪvɜːʳt , US dɪ- ) Word forms: diverts , diverting , diverted 1. verb 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. [British] ...Rainham Marshes, east London, where a new bypass will divert traffic from the A13. [V n + from/to] During the strike, ambulances will be diverted to private hospitals. [V n from/to n] We diverted a plane to rescue 100 passengers. [VERB noun] She insists on diverting to a village close to the airport. [VERB + from/to] The capital remained jammed with diverted traffic. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: redirect, switch, avert, deflect 2. verb To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose. The government is trying to divert more public funds from west to east. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] ...government departments involved in diverting resources into community care. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 3. verb 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. He instructed switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Customers will only incur additional call charges if the call is diverted outside the U.K.. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 4. verb 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. [disapproval] They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] The President needed to divert attention away from his own economic record. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: distract, shift, deflect, detract Collocations: divert a plane But four miles from the base the student pilot had to divert his plane to avoid a crash. The Sun Earlier in the day the pilots were forced by heavy winds to divert the plane. Times, Sunday Times Strong winds also forced airlines to ground and divert their planes as a new storm moved in. Times,Sunday Times At that point, the pilot diverted the plane. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To build the river room, they first had to divert the river. Times, Sunday Times Efforts to divert the river and create more farmland appear to have begun as early as 1760. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The channels to divert the river water to the mill may still be seen in the fields to the northwest of the village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The idea behind constructing the dam was to divert the river to the delta districts thereby boosting irrigation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sometimes farmers would use dynamite to divert the river into different channels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It straddles a diverted stream visible through a series of indoor viewing platforms which make a unique feature. The Sun At that end a small drainage tunnel had to be built to divert a stream that had flowed down a steep gully where the tunnel mouth was to be. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are also the remains of a number of leats, artificial channels to divert streams to the thirsty mine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fire was finally contained and extinguished five days later by diverting streams into all openings and then filling them with gravel, clay and debris. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was created in 1890 by diverting a stream over the edge of a cliff. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time, divert cash automatically into a no-access savings account. The Sun But the 200million-ayear budget soared to 340million and docs said it was diverting cash from other treatments. The Sun Councils have been accused of diverting cash intended for public health to other areas such as housing. Times, Sunday Times The huge pension bill will fuel fears that councils are diverting cash away from crucial frontline services. The Sun Diverting cash to the youth station at the expense of other television services risks alienating older generations, who remain the broadcaster's most devoted audiences. Times,Sunday Times In the final stage, the computer systems use these predictions to divert energy to a set of power actuators, like a piston. The Sun Some followers believe they can divert energy as part of healing rituals and use telepathic powers to influence events and people. Times, Sunday Times In addition to this, as a result of recent legislation, faith schools have had to divert energy and funding to ensure they were complying with new rules. Times, Sunday Times Break them off individually to divert energy into the bulb for next year. Times, Sunday Times Once pollinated, most plants feel they've done their bit and will stop flowering to divert energy into developing seed. The Sun Geoengineering research could also divert funds from known carbon-reduction strategies like solar and wind energy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That would be wrong and divert funds away from essential care. The Sun They would divert funds from local lines, which had ageing trains and regular delays. Times, Sunday Times He said the elderly should be able to divert funds to pay for their care. The Sun According to the politically toxic proposal, the city would stop investing in troubled neighborhoods and divert funds to communities that could still be saved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are growing fears that the manufacturers themselves will have to provide financing to airlines, which will divert investment from research and development divisions. Times, Sunday Times Alternatively, companies may threaten to divert investment banking business to competitors unless their stock was rated favorably. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are costs of asset-price bubbles, not least in diverting investment from productive activities. Times, Sunday Times The emphasis on heavy industry diverted investment from the more practical production of chemicals and plastics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He praised the country for choosing to divert money from maintaining an army to supporting rewilding. Times,Sunday Times And it wouldn't cost the taxpayer anything or divert money from other parts of the economy, as the money would come straight from polluting companies. Times, Sunday Times They ask which taxes should be increased and which other spending programmes cut to divert money to defence. Times, Sunday Times Institutional investors would probably divert money into government bonds, whose yields are already at historic lows. Times,Sunday Times The disclosure comes as the government faces pressure to divert money to protect defence spending. Times, Sunday Times It was created to control and divert the flow of local river and creek systems for the purpose of food production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was a stopper-like washer around the tube that plugs the end of the riser and diverts the flow into the insertion tube. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A salinometer monitors salt content and diverts the flow of distillate from the storage tanks if the salt content exceeds the alarm limit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The channel was closed by continuous dumping of boulders, after diverting the flow with the help of river training works provided in the form of permeable and diverting spurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The changes would be temporary at first, employing bollards and plant pots to divert traffic, but could become permanent. Times,Sunday Times Young protesters have been collaborating with the army, organising groups to divert traffic and standing firm in front of the building to protect it from harm until public order returns. Times, Sunday Times A road tunnel has been blasted through the adjoining mountainside to divert traffic away from the seafront, and the local authority has extended the marina and restored historical buildings. Times, Sunday Times Someone had lit a string of flares around the accident to divert traffic. Times, Sunday Times I've always believed motorways help to divert traffic from towns, but not if they're tolled. Times, Sunday Times Diverting waste would also cut 14.1million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year - equivalent to emissions from 2.7million homes. The Sun An award-winning waste management programme, introduced in 2008, has diverted waste from landfill through increased recycling. Times, Sunday Times From 1979 to 1993 the facility burned refuse derived fuel, diverting waste from the local landfill and generating electricity with it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The companys operations offset the production of approximately 20 million tons of carbon dioxide annually by producing electricity without utilizing fossil-fuel and by diverting waste from landfills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This program was initially designed to assist state employees to select hotels that were conserving water and energy, diverting waste from landfills, and providing cleaner air while they were traveling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the name can be misleading; they still divert water, and many also still store water behind impoundments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Field drains divert water into streams and rivers, which in turn carry it as quickly as possible out to sea. Times, Sunday Times Besides, damaged, leaky gutters can divert water onto the wall and create a damp problem. Times, Sunday Times They are most often used to divert water for irrigation but the largest and most notable examples are used to ease river navigation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dam's reservoir would also divert water into two long canals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clamp down too hard on the banks and activity will be diverted elsewhere, most notably into the risky, unregulated shadow banking system. Times, Sunday Times The news cycle has moved on, attention has been diverted elsewhere and those suspected of profiting on a vast scale have remained in place. Times, Sunday Times Half of that would be consumer spending linked with moving, such as carpets and curtains, but consumption eventually would be diverted elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times Various programmes have been delayed or cancelled because of stretched funds being diverted elsewhere over the past two decades. Times, Sunday Times The notion that dividends may need to be trimmed, or diverted elsewhere, has helped take the heat out of the stock. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 使改道 Japanese: 進路を変更する |
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