Swerve

(noun.) the act of turning aside suddenly.

(verb.) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; 'The car cut to the left at the intersection'; 'The motorbike veered to the right'.

整理:莱斯利

• Adhere to that preference--never swerve thence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• His censure of those travellers who swerve from the truth. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He was far more curious, in every swerve of the carriage, and every cry of the postilions, than he had been since he quitted London. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Caroline went home, laid her plans, and took a resolve not to swerve from them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Then there was a great swerve at the bottom, when they swung as it were in a fall to earth, in the diminishing motion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She was really uncomfortable on the point he inquired about, but she only became a little more serious, and her eyes did not swerve. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I have a great mind to go back into Norfolk directly, and put everything at once on such a footing as cannot be afterwards swerved from. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But even before his body swerved forward on her, a sudden, cunning comprehension was expressed on her face, and in a flash she was out of the door. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• So she swerved down to the steep, tree-hidden bank above the pond, where the alders twisted their roots. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But soon he swerved to the whist-table, rubbing his hands and saying, Come now, let us be serious! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Yes, answered Venn, swerving round in obedience; and, after a pause, I wish you would tell me what this great trouble is. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And as he did so, he remembered Gudrun's last words to him, and her face lifted up to him as he sat on the swerving horse. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It had hardly been a propitious beginning, but he had chosen his course, and would show no swerving. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Whenever criticism slackens, whenever we sink into acquiescence, the mind swerves aside and clings with the gratitude of the weary to some fixed idea. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

校对:桑福德