deviate
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈdiː.vi.eɪt/
美 /ˈdi.vi.eɪt/|/ˈdiː.vi.æɪt/|[ˈdɪi.vi.æɪt]
英文释义
名词 n.
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A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
— […] Walton has suggested that it is desirable "to name the phenomena signs of deviation, and call their possessors deviates or a deviate as the case may be […]
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A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
— It will be noted that for a deviate x = 1.5, the ordinate z will have the value .130 […]
动词 v.
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To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
— These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no symptoms of approaching the suburbs of a large city.
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To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
— His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.
- To cause to diverge.
形容词 adj.
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deviant
— It's somewhat in vogue to give special attention and consideration to the alternative lifestyle, which five years ago we would have called the deviate lifestyle.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Late Latin dēviātus, perfect passive participle of dēviō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French dévier.
词源 2
From a substantivation of Late Latin dēviātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.
词源 3
From Late Latin dēviātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
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