Divert

Definition

divert /daÇ'vɜ:t/ v ၁။ ~ sb/ sth (from sth) (to sth) (က) လမ္းလႊဲသည္။ လမ္းေၾကာင္းေျပာင္းသည္။ လမ္းေျပာင္းေပးသည္။ divert traffic (from one road to another) ❍ divert a ship (from its course) ❍ divert resources (to other projects). (ခ) အာ႐ံုေျပာင္းသည္။ By concentrating on the sensational aspects of the case the newspapers are diverting (our) attention from the real issues. ၂။ ေပ်ာ္ေစသည္။ ရႊင္ျမဴးေစသည္။ Children are easily diverted. ❏ diverting adj ေပ်ာ္စရာေကာင္းေသာ။ စိတ္ေဖ်ာ္ေျဖမႈ ရေစေသာ။

Examples

1. [divert someone/something from something] : Police are trying to divert traffic away from the trouble spot.
2. [divert something from someone/something] : Cooper claims the council used the inquiry to divert attention from their financial problems.
3. [divert someone/something from something] : In an emergency
4. staff will be diverted from less urgent tasks to help out.
5. [divert someone/something to something] : Teachers called on the government to divert the extra money to schools.