• vt. 使轉向；使偏斜；使彎曲
• vi. 轉向；偏斜

de-, 向下。-flect, 彎曲，詞源同flexible, inflect.

deflect (v.)

1550s, from Latin deflectere "to bend (something) aside or downward," from de- "away" (see de-) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible). Originally transitive, the intransitive sense is first recorded 1640s. Related: Deflected; deflecting.

1. Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism.

凱奇改了名字以避免別人指責他搞裙帶關系。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The war did not deflect him from the path he had long ago taken.

戰爭并沒有使他放棄自己很久以前就選擇的道路。

來自柯林斯例句

3. It's a maneuver to deflect the attention of the people from what is really happening.

這是為將公眾的注意力從真正發生的事情上轉移開而耍的花招。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Never let a little problem deflect you.

決不要因一點小問題就半途而廢。

來自辭典例句

5. This special metal shield will deflect a bullet from its course.

這種特殊的金屬盾將使子彈改變方向.

來自辭典例句