| 单词 | deviate |
| 释义 | deviate (once / 1047 pages) vadjn If something turns off course or is diverted, it deviates from the expected or the norm. Deviating from explicit recipe directions is never a good idea, unless you want inedible food or a kitchen fire. The verb deviate can refer to divergence from a predicted path or road ("the airplane's route deviated from the flight plan"), but it can also refer to a divergence from normal behavior or expectations. When women demanded the right to vote, their behavior was considered shocking and deviated from the expectations of the time. WORD FAMILYdeviate: deviance, deviated, deviates, deviating, deviatingly, deviation+/deviance: deviances/deviating: undeviating/deviation: deviationism, deviations/deviationism: deviationist/deviationist: deviationists/undeviating: undeviatingly USAGE EXAMPLESBut four years ago the Fire Ridge HOA filed a lawsuit, asserting that Marsh's amusement park deviated from approved plans and violated the neighborhood’s covenants. Golf Digest(Nov 30, 2016) When they deviated from the diet, even after years of compliance, the disease invariably got worse. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) The overall performance of the line didn’t deviate much from the 10 games it played with Robinson. Los Angeles Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1v turn aside; turn away from Syn|Hypo|Hyper divert yaw deviate erratically from a set course detourtravel via a detour depart, digress, sidetrack, stragglewander from a direct or straight course huntyaw back and forth about a flight path turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 2v cause to turn away from a previous or expected course The river was deviated to prevent flooding Hypo|Hyper perturb cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull perturbdisturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom shuntprovide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt divert send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one 3v be at variance with; be out of line with Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper depart, diverge, vary conform be similar, be in line with aberrate diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration aberratediverge from the expected belie, contradict, negatebe in contradiction with differ be different 4adj markedly different from an accepted norm Syn aberrant, deviant abnormal, unnatural not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm 5n a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior Syn|Hypo|Hyper degenerate, deviant, pervert fetishist one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) masochistsomeone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment nympho, nymphomaniaca woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast, pederasta man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paedophile, pedophilean adult who is sexually attracted to children sadistsomeone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others sadomasochistsomeone who enjoys both sadism and masochism lech, lecher, letch, satyrman with strong sexual desires flagellanta person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification miscreant, reprobate a person without moral scruples |
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