diverting
迂回する
解説 Definition
diverting は divert（迂回させる、進路をそらす）の現在分詞・動名詞です。交通や流れなどを本来の道筋から別の方向へ向ける場面で使います。
Diverting is the -ing form of divert and means redirecting traffic, water, attention, money, or another flow away from its original route or purpose toward a different destination. Here it specifically emphasizes creating or using an alternative course.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
diverting は divert に -ing を付けた形で、語末を変えずそのまま加える。di-「脇へ」＋ vert「向きを変える」という構造を意識し、divert traffic around a bridge、divert water into a side channel のように、本来の進路から別経路へ流れを向ける場面で覚える。
Build diverting from divert plus -ing, with no spelling change to the base. The historical element vert is connected with turning, so imagine turning a flow sideways from its expected route. Workers may be diverting traffic around a closed bridge, police may be diverting cars before a parade, and engineers may be diverting water into a side channel. The central idea is redirection, not merely stopping: the traffic or water continues moving, but along another course. In other contexts diverting can mean entertaining, but the examples here use the verbal sense of rerouting.
例文
Workers are diverting traffic around the closed bridge.
作業員たちは閉鎖された橋を避けるように交通を迂回させています。
The police began diverting cars before the parade reached the main road.
パレードが大通りに到着する前に、警察は車を迂回させ始めました。
By diverting the water into a side channel, the engineers protected the village.
水を脇の水路へ迂回させることで、技術者たちは村を守りました。
diverting の類義語・関連語
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diverting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
diverting は divert からで、ラテン語 divertere に由来し、di-「脇へ」+ vertere「向きを変える」から成ります。つまり「進路を横へ向ける」が原義で、そこから「そらす」「迂回する」という意味が生まれました。関連語に convert, invert があります。
Diverting is the -ing form of divert. Divert comes from Latin divertere, meaning to turn aside, formed from dis-, expressing movement apart or away, and vertere, “to turn.” The literal notion of turning something from its course produced the modern uses involving traffic, water, attention, and resources. Convert and invert also contain forms derived from Latin vertere. English creates diverting simply by adding -ing to the unchanged base verb divert.
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