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deflect

释义

deflect

verb

UK /dɪˈflekt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	deflect
he/she/it	deflects
present participle	deflecting
past tense	deflected
past participle	deflected

1
transitive to direct criticism, attention, or blame away from yourself towards someone else
The company was criticized for trying to deflect the blame for the accident.
deflect something from something:
It was designed to deflect attention from domestic political problems.
Synonyms and related words
To defend or protect yourself
fight off
fend off
stand up to
2
transitive to make someone change their plans or stop what they are doing
deflect someone from (doing) something:
Violence will not deflect us from seeking a peaceful political settlement to the problems.
Synonyms and related words
To stop someone doing something
stop
prevent
check
3
intransitive/transitive if something deflects, or if it is deflected, it starts to move in a different direction, usually because it has hit something
His long range shot was deflected by the goalkeeper.
Synonyms and related words
To move, or to move something away or back
back away
draw back
part

deflect

verb

US /dɪˈflekt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	deflect
he/she/it	deflects
present participle	deflecting
past tense	deflected
past participle	deflected

1
transitive to direct criticism, attention, or blame away from yourself toward someone else
The company was criticized for trying to deflect the blame for the accident.
deflect something from something:
It was designed to deflect attention from domestic political problems.
Synonyms and related words
To defend or protect yourself
fight off
fend off
stand up to
2
transitive to make someone change their plans or stop what they are doing
deflect someone from (doing) something:
Violence will not deflect us from seeking a peaceful political settlement to the problems.
Synonyms and related words
To stop someone doing something
stop
prevent
keep from
3
intransitive/transitive if something deflects, or if it is deflected, it starts to move in a different direction, usually because it has hit something
His long range shot was deflected by the goalkeeper.
Synonyms and related words
To move, or to move something away or back
back away
draw back
part

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