veers

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v.  突然变向; 猛然转向; 偏离; 改变; 转变; 改变方向
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柯林斯词典

• VERB （突然）转向,改变方向
  If somethingveersin a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction.
  1. The plane veered off the runway and careered through the perimeter fence...
     飞机突然偏离跑道，高速冲过了周围的护栏。
  2. Horrified commuters saw the lorry veer across the motorway and overturn.
     惊恐万分的通勤者们看见那辆卡车突然冲向高速公路另一侧，接着翻倒在地。
• VERB 改变立场（或态度）
  If someone or somethingveersin a certain direction, they change their position or direction in a particular situation.
  1. He is unlikely to veer from his boss's strongly held views...
     他不可能背离他老板的强硬立场。
  2. I veered away from the set menu and went for the day's special of queen scallops...
     我没有点套餐，而是要了当日的特供菜——皇后海扇贝。
  3. Her image veers towards the untidily romantic.
     她的形象变得风流多情，不修边幅。
• VERB （风）改变方向
  When the windveersit changes direction.
  1. The wind had veered from the west to north-by-west...
     风向已经改变，从西风转为西北风。
  2. As it strengthened the wind was veering southerly.
     随着风力加强，风向也向南偏转。

双语例句

• So when the tornado veers off its path.
  所以当龙卷风偏离预测的路线时。
• As Hungary veers from the EU mandate without consequence, there is risk for the union.
  匈牙利背离欧盟的信条却无需承担任何后果，这给欧盟带来了风险。
• He rarely veers from his pattern.
  他从没改变过方式。
• The tone veers from humorous to just plain odd.
  基调从幽默到只是平淡的叙述。
• The road follows the coast for20 miles, then veers inland.
  这条路沿着海岸线有20英里，然后转向内陆。
• In other words: what is so different about German Cinema, and how can we appreciate it precisely for the ways in which it veers from the "dominant" convention?
  换句话说：德国电影的独特之处为何，如何精确地欣赏偏离主流传统的电影？
• Until the conversation veers on to discussing the end of her career, she appears invincible.
  在谈话进行到对她职业生涯终点的讨论之前，她似乎是不可战胜的。
• If, then, the deal is essentially a portfolio one, it veers towards the bold.
  因此，如果说这桩交易实质上是一种投资组合，它也有些大胆。
• But in the euro crisis, the ECB is suddenly behaving in a way that veers wildly from the Germanic view of prudent central banking.
  但在欧元区危机中，欧洲央行的行为方式突然严重走偏，不再符合德国人对审慎央行行为的定义。
• Our boat speeds forward like a shooting star in the wake of the angry waves, then slowly veers round treacherous shallows.
  船一下象流星随着怒涛冲去，一下又绕着险滩迂回浮进。