diversions

英 [daɪˈvɜːʃənz]

美 [dɪˈvɜrʒənz]

n.  转向; 转移; 偏离; 转移视线(或注意力)的事物; 临时绕行路; 临时支路
diversion的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 转移注意力的行为;令人分心的事情
  Adiversionis an action or event that attracts your attention away from what you are doing or concentrating on.
  1. The robbers threw smoke bombs to create a diversion...
     劫匪扔烟幕弹来转移人们的视线。
  2. The whole argument is a diversion.
     这场辩论分散了人们的注意力。
• N-COUNT 消遣;娱乐
  Adiversionis an activity that you do for pleasure.
  1. Finger painting is very messy but an excellent diversion.
     用手指画画是很脏，但却是一项极好的消遣。
• N-COUNT 临时绕行路;临时支路
  Adiversionis a special route arranged for traffic to follow when the normal route cannot be used.
  1. They turned back because of traffic diversions.
     因为交通要临时绕行，他们掉头了。

in AM, use 美国英语用 detour


• N-UNCOUNT 转向;转移;偏离
  The diversion ofsomething involves changing its course or destination.
  1. ...the illegal diversion of profits from secret arms sales.
     秘密军火交易所获利润的非法转移
  2. ...the diversion of a ship to Lebanon with $8m worth of aluminium on board.
     前往黎巴嫩的装有价值800万美元铝的船只改换航道

双语例句

• He was as proficient as any of the other young men in the usual County diversions, hunting, gambling, dancing and politics, and was the best rider of them all;
  他对县里的种种娱乐，如打猎、赌博、跳舞和议论政治等方面，都跟任何别的青年人一样精通；
• At the gate I thanked him for the smooth landing and he explained that while they never take risks, he had also taken on more fuel than normal in case of diversions due to the weather across Germany.
  在飞机门口，我感谢机长让飞机顺利着陆了，他解释说，虽然他们从不冒险，但他还是会比平常多带一些燃料，以防德国的天气使飞机需要改道。
• Previous understandings of business information needs were based on technical or cross-sectional perspectives, while ignoring the diversions of organizational natures and sources of such diversions.
  摘要对于企业信息需求的理解，以往均是从技术的观点或是静态的横断面来分析，忽略了组织本质的差异及这种差异的来源。
• I had also arriv'd to some little diversions and amusements, which made the time pass more pleasantly with me a great deal, than it did before.
  同时，我又想出了一些小小的消遣和娱乐，使我的日子过得比以前快活多了。
• Such initiatives are summarily dismissed by Kyoto's true believers, who see them as diversions rather than necessary first steps.
  这些行动却被京都体制的推崇者们草率地冲散了，他们把这些行动看作是对工作进程的牵制，而不是看作必需迈出的第一步。
• Late-life diversions into the Buell and MV Agusta specialty brands flopped and were discontinued in 2009.
  旗下的布尔（Buell）和阿古斯塔（MVAgusta）等专有品牌最终于2009年倒闭歇业。
• They had been diversions, incidents, part of the game men play, but a small part at most.
  她们只不过是一种消遣，一段插曲，是男子汉把戏的一部分最多也只是一小部分。
• People flocked to social sites like Facebook and twitter because they were a great way to discover new diversions through their friends and contacts.
  人们蜂拥而至，使用Facebook和Twitter只是因为这类网站是通过朋友和联系人发掘新鲜娱乐方式的一个好去处。
• Today, however, we live in a world of diversions.
  然而，如今我们生活在一个娱乐活动十分丰富的世界里。
• Meaningless activities and empty diversions.
  毫无意义的活动和空虚无聊的娱乐。