diverted

基本解释

We diverted our funds to paying for college.
我们把我们的资金转而为学院付款。
My attention was diverted for a moment by the accident.
我的注意力在事故发生的一瞬间被转移了。
Almost a third of the US corn harvest will be diverted into ethanol for motors this year, or 12pc of the global crop.
今年美国收获的玉米将有近三分之一，也就是世界产量的12%，会分流到机动车用乙醇生产中。

There can be no peace if economic resources that ought to be devoted to social and economic reconstruction are to be diverted to an intensified competition in armaments."
And in so doing, they have diverted people's minds from the incredibly harsh economic conditions that beset the country,"
BP said it hoped to know within hours whether the tube had successfully diverted the oil to a tanker at the surface.

By ordering the assault on Israel, Iran diverted their attention away from its nuclear program.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Iran 2, Israel 0

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.
To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose.
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.
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.