(verb.) cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; 'The river was deviated to prevent flooding'.
(verb.) be at variance with; be out of line with.
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双语例句
A lens made of ice would not deviate the rays of light so much as a lens of similar shape composed of glass. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
We had left our accompanying caravan far behind us; and now I perceived that the storm had made me unconsciously deviate from my intended route. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
If new circumstances resembled the past, it might work well enough; in the degree in which they deviated, failure was likely. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
I now related my history briefly, but with firmness and precision, marking the dates with accuracy, and never deviating into invective or exclamation. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.