Diverge

(verb.) move or draw apart; 'The two paths diverge here'.

(verb.) extend in a different direction; 'The lines start to diverge here'; 'Their interests diverged'.

(verb.) have no limits as a mathematical series.

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• But we must not let the recollections of this good fellow cause us to diverge from the principal history. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The last three types, called concave lenses, scatter parallel rays so that they do not come to a focus, but diverge widely after passage through the lens. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I should commence, sir, with a tribute to the lady's beauty and excellent qualities; from them, Sir, I should diverge to my own unworthiness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The customs and beliefs of different communities were found to diverge sharply from one another. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Mr. Spenlow and I falling into this conversation, prolonged it and our saunter to and fro, until we diverged into general topics. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• We were taking the course I had begun with, and from which I had diverged in the mist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Presently I came to a place where five corridors diverged from a common point. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The branches ought to have diverged in all directions. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It occurred to her that he might be resting in the summer-house, towards which the path diverged a little. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Their conditions diverged from the first. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But from this point the two worlds diverged. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• One or two promised; and Christian, diverging from his direct path, turned round to the right with his companions towards the Quiet Woman. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The branching and diverging dotted lines of unequal lengths proceeding from (A), may represent its varying offspring. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• From a diverging tunnel a sinuous, tawny form crept stealthily toward us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I am invested with no authority for diverging from them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Diverging to the footpath, I made for the first break that I could guess at, rather than see, in the hedge. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• We may suppose that the numbered letters in italics represent genera, and the dotted lines diverging from them the species in each genus. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The men filed rapidly past me and entered the diverging corridor which I hoped would lead to safety. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.

校对:卢埃林