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di·verge /daɪˈvɜːdʒ, də- $ -ɜːrdʒ/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 DIFFERENTif similar things diverge, they develop in different ways and so are no longer similar 朝不同方向演变；分化

The two species diverged millions of years ago.

这两个物种从数百万年前开始朝不同方向演变。

Global growth rates are diverging markedly.

世界各地的增长率在发生明显的分化。

2 if opinions, interests etc diverge, they are different from each other 〔意见、兴趣等〕分歧，相异

diverge from

Here his views diverged from hers.

此处他的看法与她有分歧。

3. TTif two lines or paths diverge, they separate and go in different directions 〔两条线或路〕岔开，分开 OPP converge

—divergence noun [countableC, uncountableU]

divergence between the US and Europe

美国和欧洲的分歧

—divergent adjectiveadj

divergent views

有分歧的观点

Examples from the Corpus

diverge• At this point in the story, in the fall of 1986, my fortunes and the fortunes of my firm diverge.• The agendas of the press and the Republican electorate diverge dramatically during primary season, but not because of ideology.• How, he asked, could this be-unless each had diverged from the same ancestor?• When two trails diverge in a yellow wood, the one more worn tells you something.• In one aspect Kip and I did diverge in our thinking about Los Alamos.• But they tend to diverge into two types with respect to the information about features that is thought to be important.• For if species identification was the function of the stripes they would have diverged much more in the three cases.

diverge from• Russia does not intend to diverge from the United Nations position on this issue.

From Longman Business Dictionary

divergedi·verge /daɪˈvɜːdʒ, də--ɜːrdʒ/ verb [intransitiveI]ECONOMICS

if two or more rates of interest, unemployment etc diverge, the difference between them becomes larger

Business cycles in different EU countries currently diverge significantly.

→ compare converge

—divergent adjectiveadj

US stocks had widely divergent performances, with blue chips weakening as many technology issues made gains.

—divergence noun [uncountableU]

the divergence between British and continental interest rates

Origin diverge

(1600-1700) Medieval Latin divergere, from Latin vergere “to lean”

di·verge verb

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