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单词 deviate
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deviaten.

/ˈdiːvɪət/
Etymology: < deviate v.
1. A person who, or thing which, deviates; esp. one who deviates from normal social, etc., standards or behaviour; spec. a sexual pervert.
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1912 Pedagogical Seminary 19 186 To analyze and diagnose mental deviates whose deviation has caused social maladjustment.
1940 School & Society 20 Apr. 503 (title) Contribution to the IQ controversy from the study of superior deviates.
1947 W. F. Ogburn & M. F. Goldenweiser Handbk. Sociol. ix. 180 Group pressure tends to cut off extreme deviates.
1952 W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. i. 8 He was a ‘social deviate’.
1952 W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. vi. 92 We do not expect uniformity, of course; there are plenty of eccentrics or ‘deviates’.
2. Statistics. The value of a variate measured from some standard point of a distribution, usually the mean, and usually expressed in terms of the standard deviation of the distribution.
ΚΠ
1925 R. A. Fisher Statist. Methods iii. 47 Table I. shows that the normal deviate falls outside the range ±1·598193 in 10 per cent of cases.
1937 C. L. Burt Backward Child ii. 22 He works out the ‘mean variation’ by taking the deviates about the general average and then averaging in turn the deviates themselves.
1967 E. U. Condon & H. Odishaw Handbk. Physics (ed. 2) i. xii. 179/1 If X is normally distributed with parameters m and σ, then Y = (Xm)/σ, termed a standardized normal deviate, is normally distributed with parameters 0 and 1.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

deviateadj.

Etymology: < late Latin dēviātus, past participle of dēviāre to turn out of the way: see deviate v.
Obsolete. rare.
Turned out of the way; remote.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible
outc1425
inaccessible?a1475
out-way1532
deviate1575
unaccessible1596
reachless1597
devious1599
wandering1600
untouchable1622
outlying1651
back1683
no-nationa1756
out-of-the-way1756
outlandish1792
eccentric1800
outworld1808
out-by1816
outside1847
off-lying1859
unget-at-able1862
far-out1887
far-back1900
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 4v Thow art far deuiat For to conforme thy lufe to sic estait.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 196 In the way no doubt, or not farre deviat to Rages.

Draft additions 1993

2. [ < deviate n.] = deviant adj., esp. of social and sexual behaviour. Cf. deviate n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > not conforming to standard behaviour
irregular1395
unformalc1449
informalc1475
disordered1561
monstrous1568
odd1577
irregulate1579
exorbitant1613
free-spirited1613
exorbitating1632
inconformable1633
extravagant1650
inconform1659
eccentric1685
unconformable1702
outrageous1778
unconventional1840
erratic1841
kinky1844
Bohemian1846
radical1869
Bohemic1874
nonconforming1899
hard case1904
jazz1917
offbeat1922
deviant1935
deviate1945
oddball1945
left field1951
way out1955
boho1958
non-conformant1960
sideways1969
1945 Rep. Inter-Departmental Comm. on Deviate Children (S. Afr.) I. viii. 157 If the reaction of the individual is in conflict with the generally accepted manner of reaction or differs from it in a striking way, such behaviour is deviate.
1961 R. Dalven tr. Cavafy Compl. Poems 71 Deviate erotic drunkenness Overcomes him.
1978 Spectator (New Canaan High School, Connecticut) 61 I'm taking a real neat course from her in deviate sex.
1981 Jrnl. Clin. Psychiatry 42 243/2 He took up religion in an attempt to control both his drinking and deviate thoughts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

deviatev.

Brit. /ˈdiːvɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˈdiviˌeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin dēviāt- participial stem of dēviāre (Augustine and Vulgate), to turn out of the way, < de- prefix 1b + via way. Compare French dévier (Oresme, 14th cent.).
1. intransitive. To turn aside from the course or track; to turn out of the way; to swerve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course
bowa1000
swervec1330
wrya1350
crookc1380
to turn asidea1382
depart1393
decline14..
wryc1400
divert1430
desvoy1481
wave1548
digress1552
prevaricate1582
yaw1584
to turn off1605
to come off1626
deviate1635
sag1639
to flinch out1642
deflect1646
de-err1657
break1678
verge1693
sheera1704
to break off1725
lean1894
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course
swervec1330
digress1552
stray1561
deviate1635
slant1702
diverge1856
excurse1891
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. iii. 195 Neither stand still, nor go backe, nor deviate.
1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Pref. Some have deviated more than a whole Degree.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vi. 349 Nor did they deviate in the least from their course.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. xi. 272 Our Travellers deviated into a much less frequented Track. View more context for this quotation
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 127 We hewed our steps..but were soon glad to deviate from the ice.
2.
a. figurative. To turn aside from a course, method, or mode of action, a rule, standard, etc.; to take a different course, diverge.
ΚΠ
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 8 We had not onely deviated, and like Sheepe gone astray, but were become Enemies.
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. i. xv. 27 They had deviated from their duty.
1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 4 The rest, to some faint meaning make Pretence, But Shad[well] never deviates into Sence.
1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. ix. 255 Those who deviated, or whom he suspected of deviating, from the catholic faith.
1824 T. B. Macaulay Mitford's Greece in Ess. in Wks. (1866) VII. 684 By resolutely deviating from his predecessors he is often in the right.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 108 Why I deviated from my original intention.
b. To digress from the subject in discourse or writing.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > digress
overleapc1400
to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500
digress1530
traverse1530
decline?1543
square1567
rovea1575
deviate1638
to step aside1653
swerve1658
to sally out1660
transgress1662
to run off1687
canceleera1697
cantona1734
excurse1748
to travel out of the record1770
divagate1852
desult1872
sidetrack1893
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 241 I have deviated, this was discourse at dinner, not yet ended.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX xli. 25 I am apt to grow too metaphysical..And deviate into matters rather dry.
c. To diverge or depart in opinion or practice.
ΚΠ
1714 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements (rev. ed.) Pref. It seem'd not worth my while to deviate..from him.
1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude II. xxvii. 79 I say nothing of sectaries: as they profess to deviate from us, they do not belong to us.
d. Of things (usually abstract): To take a different course, or have a different tendency; to diverge or differ (from a standard, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)]
diversec1384
discorda1387
swervea1400
differ?c1400
varyc1400
differencec1425
square?c1450
abhor1531
repugna1538
dissent1539
recede1570
discrepate1590
ablude1610
decline1615
to stand offa1616
particularize1637
distinguish1649
deviate1692
to stand apart1709
veer1796
to be a long way from1917
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 9 If ever Dead Matter should deviate from this Motion.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvii. 74 As far as the fact deviates from the principle, so far the practice is vicious and corrupt.
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. ii. 33 Particulars..deviating from the present methods of taking fish.
1870 F. M. Müller Sci. Relig. (1873) 301 Sanskrit and Greek have deviated from each other.
3. transitive. To turn (any one) out of the way, turn aside, divert, deflect, change the direction of. (literal and figurative)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > change the direction of
wrya1400
divert1548
wrench1582
break1600
deflect1615
deviate1660
wrest1759
sidetrack1887
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement of [verb (transitive)] > cause to deviate from course
charec1000
wrencha1200
turnc1275
to turn againc1330
swerve1390
wrya1400
reflectc1425
traverse1438
to turn aside1535
deduce1541
divert1548
to turn off1573
wrig1582
react1599
deflect1615
slent1639
decline1646
deviate1660
to wind off1677
sway1678
warp1814
switch1861
baffle1883
1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade A viij b None shall be..deviated with doubtfull directions.
1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. xxxv To let them deviate him from the right path.
1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 63 The eye-lens..receives the pencil of rays, and deviates it to the observer's eye.
1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 205 If the angle of vision in one eye be deviated even to a slight degree..we see two images.
4. transitive. To depart from. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert/renounce a cause, principle, or person
withsayc960
forsakec1175
renayc1300
waive1303
to waive from1303
allayc1330
to fall from ——c1350
relinquish1454
forlesec1460
to give over1477
missake1481
return1483
guerpe1484
abrenounce1537
to turn the back uponc1540
renege1548
forspeak1565
recant1567
reject1574
abnegate1616
abrenunciate1618
derelinque1623
ejurate1623
to give one the backa1624
derelinquisha1631
ejure1642
delinquish1645
desert1654
deviate1757
to give up1970
1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. cclxi. 219 This primitive Reason is the great Criterion, which..may be deviated, according as Reason or Conscience instructs the..Mind.

Derivatives

ˈdeviating adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > deviating from straight course
wrongc1440
swerving1534
wrya1586
wriedc1595
diverted1608
dissilient1656
deviatory1702
out-of-the-waya1732
tangent1787
wide1827
deflected1860
tangential1867
deviative1878
deviating1883
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 11/2 Ten batteries, ten deviating points, and ten induction coils have about six times the power of one battery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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