英语词汇“divert”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

divertdivert /dəˈvɚt, daɪ-/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYdivert

Origin: 1400-1500 Old French divertir, from Latin divertere, from vertere to turn

VERB TABLE

divert

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	divert
	he, she, it	diverts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	diverted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have diverted
	he, she, it	has diverted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had diverted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will divert
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have diverted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am diverting
	he, she, it	is diverting
	you, we, they	are diverting
Past	I, he, she, it	was diverting
	you, we, they	were diverting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been diverting
	he, she, it	has been diverting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been diverting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be diverting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been diverting

COLLOCATIONS► divert attention/suspicion from somebody/something

The story was an attempt to divert attention from the scandal.

1to change what something such as money or time is used for: divert something to/into something Voters do not want to divert public tax dollars into private education.divert something from something Police resources are being diverted from investigating real crimes.2to make a vehicle change direction and travel a different way: Traffic has been diverted because of an accident.divert something to/away from/along etc. something Planes are being diverted to Philadelphia airport.3to change the direction in which something flows: Farmers were illegally diverting water to save their crops.4to stop someone from paying attention to something, by giving him or her something else to notice SYN distract: divert attention/suspicion from somebody/something The story was an attempt to divert attention from the scandal.5formal to amuse or entertain someone: Take games on the plane to divert the children. [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French divertir, from Latin divertere, from vertere to turn]