English Dictionary

deviate

/ˈdiːvieɪt/

verb

(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. / (intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. / (transitive) To cause to diverge.

The hiker deviated from the marked trail and got lost in the woods.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.

These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no symptoms of approaching the suburbs of a large city.

意味（2）

(intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.

His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.

意味（3）

(transitive) To cause to diverge.