Diverge
[daɪ'vɜːdʒ;dɪ-] or [daɪ'vɝdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) move or draw apart; 'The two paths diverge here'.
(verb.) extend in a different direction; 'The lines start to diverge here'; 'Their interests diverged'.
(verb.) have no limits as a mathematical series.
編輯:奥马尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
(v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
埃塞尔手打
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. Radiate, tend from one point in different directions.[2]. Divaricate, separate, branch off.
黛博拉校對
解釋/意思:
v.i. to incline or turn apart: to tend from a common point in different directions: to vary from the standard.—ns. Diverge′ment; Diverg′ence Diverg′ency a tendency to recede from one point.—adj. Diverg′ent.—adv. Diverg′ingly.
巴尔德手打
例句/造句/用法:
- But we must not let the recollections of this good fellow cause us to diverge from the principal history. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The last three types, called concave lenses, scatter parallel rays so that they do not come to a focus, but diverge widely after passage through the lens. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- I should commence, sir, with a tribute to the lady's beauty and excellent qualities; from them, Sir, I should diverge to my own unworthiness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The customs and beliefs of different communities were found to diverge sharply from one another. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Mr. Spenlow and I falling into this conversation, prolonged it and our saunter to and fro, until we diverged into general topics. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- We were taking the course I had begun with, and from which I had diverged in the mist. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Presently I came to a place where five corridors diverged from a common point. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The branches ought to have diverged in all directions. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- It occurred to her that he might be resting in the summer-house, towards which the path diverged a little. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Their conditions diverged from the first. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But from this point the two worlds diverged. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- One or two promised; and Christian, diverging from his direct path, turned round to the right with his companions towards the Quiet Woman. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The branching and diverging dotted lines of unequal lengths proceeding from (A), may represent its varying offspring. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- From a diverging tunnel a sinuous, tawny form crept stealthily toward us. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I am invested with no authority for diverging from them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Diverging to the footpath, I made for the first break that I could guess at, rather than see, in the hedge. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- We may suppose that the numbered letters in italics represent genera, and the dotted lines diverging from them the species in each genus. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The men filed rapidly past me and entered the diverging corridor which I hoped would lead to safety. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
校對:卢埃林