divert(动词):使改变方向;使转移(注意力、资金、资源等);使分心以获得消遣或缓解压力。(另有较少见义:使娱乐/逗乐,常见于 be diverted 的表达。)
/daɪˈvɝːt/
The police diverted traffic away from the accident.
警方把车流从事故现场引开。
To reduce stress, she diverted her attention from work by reading novels, even though deadlines were approaching.
为了减压,尽管截止日期临近,她仍通过读小说把注意力从工作上转移开。
来自拉丁语 divertere,由 **di-**(分开、向不同方向)+ vertere(转、转向)构成,原义是“转向别处、改变方向”。后来意义扩展到“转移注意力/资源”,并进一步引申出“使人消遣、分心”的用法。