解释
- n. 转移;消遣;分散注意力
※ 提供单词"diversion"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
diversion 转移,消遣
来自diverse, 转开,转移,词义引申为消遣。比较disport.
英文词源
- diversion (n.)
- early 15c., "diverse condition;" c. 1600 "act of diverting," from Middle French diversion, from Late Latin diversionem (nominative diversio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin divertere (see divert).
Sense of "amusement, entertainment" is first recorded 1640s. Hence, divertimento (1823), from the Italian form; originally "a musical composition designed primarily for entertainment."
例句和用法
- 1. In 1766 he excommunicated the village for its "depraved diversion."
- 1766年,他以“堕落地享乐”为由将那个村庄逐出教会。
- 2. The whole argument is a diversion.
- 这场辩论分散了人们的注意力。
- 3. a river diversion project
- 河流改道工程
- 4. Our party believes in encouraging cultural diversity, not diversion.
- 我们党鼓励多种文化, 而不是文化分歧.
- 5. Golf is my father's favourite diversion.
- 高尔夫球是我父亲最喜欢的娱乐.
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
来自《权威词典》
来自《简明英汉词典》
来自《简明英汉词典》