divert someone/something to somewhere collocation to cause something or someone to change direction and go to a different place: Our flight had to be diverted to Newark because of the storm.由于暴风雨,我们的班机被迫改在纽瓦克机场降落。 All my post is now being diverted to our new address. Some of the prisoners were diverted to the prison's medical clinic. See
divert The available energy was diverted to hospitals and other essential services. The city council agreed to divert funds to the new scheme. Traffic is being diverted to the coast road. The hospital records show that none of the children were diverted to other facilities. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Changing direction about-face about-turn bear branch off break cut decoy do an about-face do an about-turn excursive excursively flippy regear reverse slew someone's back is turnedidiom swerve turn around turn off (something) wheel |