If you deflect something such as criticism or attention, you act in a way that prevents it from being directed towards you or affecting you.
例句
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。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。
VERB
使脫離;使放棄;使中止
To deflect someone from a course of action means to make them decide not to continue with it by putting pressure on them or by offering them something desirable.
例句
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。Never let a little problem deflect you.決不要因一點小問題就半途而廢。
VERB
使偏斜;使偏轉
If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example by hitting or blocking it.
例句
He stuck out his boot and deflected the shot over the bar seconds before the final whistle...就在終場哨響前幾秒，他伸腳一擋，使射門的球變向飛過了球門橫梁。My forearm deflected most of the first punch.我用前臂擋開了第一拳的大部分力道。