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V-ERG
（使）轉向；（使）繞道
To divert vehicles or travellers means to make them follow a different route or go to a different destination than they originally intended. You can also say that someone or something diverts from a particular route or to a particular place.
例句
...Rainham Marshes, east London, where a new bypass will divert traffic from the A13...
倫敦東部的雷納姆澤，那兒有一條新的旁道將會分流 A13 公路的交通
During the strike, ambulances will be diverted to private hospitals...
在罷工期間，救護車將被轉到私人醫院去。
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VERB
改變(資金、資源)的用途;轉移
To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose.
例句
The government is trying to divert more public funds from west to east.
政府正試圖將更多的公共基金從西部轉到東部。
...government departments involved in diverting resources into community care.
負責將資源用于社區保健的政府部門
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VERB
轉接(電話)
To divert a phone call means to send it to a different number or place from the one that was dialled by the person making the call.
例句
He instructed switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him.
他讓總機接線員將勞拉所有的電話都轉給他。
Customers will only incur additional call charges if the call is diverted outside the UK.
只有當電話被轉接到英國之外，客戶才會被加收額外的電話費。
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VERB
轉移，分散（注意力）
If you say that someone diverts your attention from something important or serious, you disapprove of them behaving or talking in a way that stops you thinking about it.
例句
They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues.
他們想要把人們的注意力從真正的問題上轉移開。
The President needed to divert attention away from his own economic record.
總統需要將人們的視線從他以往在經濟上的表現上轉移開。