divert

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

di·vert [divert diverts diverted diverting] BrE [daɪˈvɜːt] NAmE [daɪˈvɜːrt] verb ~ sb/sth (from sth) (to sth)
1. to make sb/sth change direction
•Northbound traffic will have to be diverted onto minor roads.
•The course of the stream has now been diverted.
2. ~ sth to use money, materials, etc. for a different purpose from their original purpose
3. ~ sth to take sb's thoughts or attention away from sth
Syn: ↑distract
•The war diverted people's attention away from the economic situation.
4. ~ sb (formal)to entertain people
•Children are easily diverted.
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: via French from Latin divertere, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hive off, amuse, disport, deviate