| 词组 | deviate |
| 释义 | deviate When deviate is used with a preposition, it is now most often used with from: • The building deviates considerably from the classic tradition —American Guide Series: N.Y. City, 1939 • ... sticking as close as possible to ... the printed score, deviating as little as possible from strict tempo —Winthrop Sargeant, New Yorker, 10 Mar. 1955 • ... exercise censorship over any one of the Big Six Negro leaders who tried to deviate from the script — Malcolm X, Evergreen, December 1967 Deviate used with the preposition into is more commonly found in literature of the past: • ... Shadwell never deviates into sense —John Dry-den, Mac Flecknoe, 1682 (OED) • Our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track —Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, 1749 (OED) But it continues to be found sporadically (and sometimes allusively) in modern writing: • For an additional 10C the driver will deviate into side streets —American Guide Series: New Jersey, 1939 • ... has been known to deviate into sense, but this is not one of those times —New York, 17 Nov. 1975 |
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