1. （使）转向；（使）绕道
    To divert vehicles or travellers means to make them follow a different route or go to a different destination than they originally intended. You can also say that someone or something diverts from a particular route or to a particular place.

    e.g. ...Rainham Marshes, east London, where a new bypass will divert traffic from the A13...
           伦敦东部的雷纳姆泽，那儿有一条新的旁道将会分流 A13 公路的交通
    e.g. During the strike, ambulances will be diverted to private hospitals...
           在罢工期间，救护车将被转到私人医院去。

2. 改变(资金、资源)的用途;转移
    To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose.

    e.g. The government is trying to divert more public funds from west to east.
           政府正试图将更多的公共基金从西部转到东部。
    e.g. ...government departments involved in diverting resources into community care.
           负责将资源用于社区保健的政府部门

3. 转接(电话)
    To divert a phone call means to send it to a different number or place from the one that was dialled by the person making the call.

    e.g. He instructed switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him.
           他让总机接线员将劳拉所有的电话都转给他。
    e.g. Customers will only incur additional call charges if the call is diverted outside the UK.
           只有当电话被转接到英国之外，客户才会被加收额外的电话费。

4. 转移，分散（注意力）
    If you say that someone diverts your attention from something important or serious, you disapprove of them behaving or talking in a way that stops you thinking about it.

divert的翻译

    e.g. They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues.
           他们想要把人们的注意力从真正的问题上转移开。
    e.g. The President needed to divert attention away from his own economic record.
           总统需要将人们的视线从他以往在经济上的表现上转移开。