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

• 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。
• As its running time suggests, The Dark Knight Rises is a sprawling, epic feast of a movie, with side characters, subplots and diversions.
  从该片的时长上可以看出，《黑暗骑士崛起》绝对称得上一部壮阔恢弘的电影盛宴，就连配角、支线情节和娱乐性性都十分出彩。
• 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；
• His duties shall include the planning and management of the entire nominated sub-contractor's safety procedures, including all traffic safety and control measures, and of all temporary diversions of roads, accesses, drainage systems and utilities, and their co-ordination with the sub-contract works.
  其职责应包括计划编制和管理全套指定分包商安全程序，该等程序包含了所有交通安全及控制措施、所有道路、通道、排水系统和公用事业的临时改道及其与本分包工程的配合。
• Internet technology presents diversions, but may also offer new ways of engaging younger visitors in art, science and history.
  网络科技带来各种消遣方式的同时，或许也能提供吸引年轻游客关注艺术、科学和历史的新思路。
• 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。
• 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。
• Meaningless activities and empty diversions.
  毫无意义的活动和空虚无聊的娱乐。
• Traffic diversions will be kept to a minimum throughout the festival.
  节日期间，交通线路的改道被控制在最少范围之内。