| 单词 | redirect |
| 释义 | redirect (once / 9891 pages) v When you redirect something, you point it in a different direction. If your dog keeps licking your friends' knees, you might have to redirect her attention to a squeaky toy. Beavers can famously redirect the flow of water in a stream or river by building dams that divert the flow in a new direction. The very best elementary school teachers are experts at redirecting the attention of young kids, like when a music teacher redirects a class's energy into an enthusiastic round of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." The direct part of redirect comes from the Latin dirigere, "set straight." WORD FAMILYredirect: redirected, redirecting, redirects+/direct: directed, directest, directing, directive, directly, directness, director, directs, indirect, misdirect, redirect/directed: self-directed, undirected/directive: directively, directiveness, directives, directivity/director: directors, directorship/directorship: directorships/indirect: indirectly, indirectness/misdirect: misdirected, misdirecting, misdirection, misdirects/misdirection: misdirections USAGE EXAMPLESThat may limit Republican hopes for massive tax cuts or plans to redirect much of the budget surplus into transportation repairs. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Here he redirected his analytic mind to his paralyzing grief, mocking the language of recovery, preferring “numb slog” to “healing journey.” New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) We are currently bombing the Islamic State in Syria; should we redirect our firepower to the Syrian and Russian militaries? Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) v channel into a new direction redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists Syn|Hypo|Hyper airt sublimate direct energy or urges into useful activities desexualise, desexualizedirect one's libidinous urges into another direction direct, send cause to go somewhere |
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