deflect

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verb

V_es/s

deflects

V_ing/Gerund

deflecting

V_ed/pp

deflected

1.
(transitive)To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
2.
(transitive)(transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
The defender deflected the cross into his own net.
3.
(intransitive)To deviate from an original path or position.
4.
(figuratively, transitive)To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
Đồng nghĩa: elude
5.
(figuratively, transitive)To divert (attention, etc.).
6.
(psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it.

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From Latin deflecto, from de- (away) + flecto (to bend).