deflect
动词 v.
英 /dɪˈflɛkt/
英文释义
动词 v.
- To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
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To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
— The defender deflected the cross into his own net.
- To deviate from an original path or position.
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To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
— The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
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To divert (attention, etc.).
— Certainly there was much in the relationship itself that, with so much energy deflected into logistic maneuvering was never […] "worked out."
- To redirect culpability to avoid it.
词汇关系
词源
From Latin deflecto, from de- (“away”) + flecto (“to bend”).
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