divert

1. V-T/V-I To divert vehicles or travellers means to make them follow a different route or go to a different destination than they originally intended. You can also say that someone or something diverts from a particular route or to a particular place. 使改道; 改道

We diverted a plane to rescue 100 passengers. 我們改變飛機(jī)航線以拯救100名乘客。

Abington Memorial Hospital has been diverting trauma patients to other hospitals because it does not have enough surgeons. 由于缺乏足夠的外科醫(yī)生，阿賓頓紀(jì)念醫(yī)院一直在將外傷病人轉(zhuǎn)到其他醫(yī)院。

2. V-T To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose. 轉(zhuǎn)移

A wave of deadly bombings has forced the United States to divert funds from reconstruction to security. 一系列致命的炸彈襲擊迫使美國(guó)將資金從重建轉(zhuǎn)向安全防御。

3. V-T To divert a phone call means to send it to a different number or place from the one that was dialled by the person making the call. 轉(zhuǎn)接 (電話)

He instructed the switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him. 他通知接線員把勞拉打來(lái)的所有電話都轉(zhuǎn)給他。

4. V-T If you say that someone diverts your attention from something important or serious, you disapprove of them behaving or talking in a way that stops you thinking about it. 轉(zhuǎn)移…的注意力[表不滿]

They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues. 他們想把人民的注意力從真正的問題上轉(zhuǎn)移開。