Ships could be diverted to other ports and that would have a serious ripple effect through the local economy.

可以把货轮转向其他港口，那样的话可能会对当地经济造成严重的连锁反应。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Almost all of an organism's energy can be diverted to reproduction, with very little allocated to building the body.

一个有机体几乎所有的能量都会用于繁殖，而用于建造主体的很少。

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The fund earmarked for capital construction is not to be diverted to any other purpose.

不得挪用基本建设资金。

《新英汉大辞典》

There can be no peace if economic resources that ought to be devoted to social and economic reconstruction are to be diverted to an intensified competition in armaments."

VOA: special.2011.05.05

They should be putting in place procedures to insure that the weapons that they buy are not diverted to insurgent groups or illegal organizations, like drug trafficking gangs and other criminal cartels.

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BP said it hoped to know within hours whether the tube had successfully diverted the oil to a tanker at the surface.

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Truckloads of overflow donations are being diverted to Shea Stadium, an hour's drive away.

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Merchant vessels which had been diverted to help the search had also stopped scanning the area.

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Now, traffic has been diverted to a winding two-lane road built in the early 20th century.

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