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单词 derailment
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derailment

/diːˈreɪlm(ə)nt /
noun [mass noun]
1The action of a train or tram leaving its tracks accidentally: an investigation into the derailment of a freight train [count noun]: track defects are being cited as the cause of the derailment...
  • All the points were supposed to have been refitted following the Hatfield derailment, which was caused by a broken rail.
  • On Friday a rail shattered, causing a derailment near Hammersmith, west London.
  • He said all three train derailments have apparently been caused by an internal defect in the tracks.
1.1The obstruction of a process by diverting it from its intended course: the derailment of the peace process...
  • The movement will actively work to stop the candidate in November, though the derailment will come from the ideological right.
  • The peace process got derailed for a while and that derailment brought it more publicity than it would have ever gotten any other way.
  • Their primary aim was the derailment or interruption of intentional action.
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