deflect

1. V-T If you deflect something such as criticism or attention, you act in a way that prevents it from being directed toward you or affecting you. 轉(zhuǎn)移

Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism. 凱奇改了名字以轉(zhuǎn)移裙帶關(guān)系的指責(zé)。

2. V-T To deflect someone from a course of action means to make them decide not to continue with it by putting pressure on them or by offering them something desirable. (通過施壓或給予好處) 使改變

The war did not deflect him from the path he had long ago taken. 戰(zhàn)爭沒有使他改變很久之前就選擇的道路。

3. V-T If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example, by hitting or blocking it. 使 (動作) 偏斜

My forearm deflected the first punch. 我的前臂擋開了第一拳。