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veer off sth
常用于物理或话题的突然偏离。
The car suddenly veered off the road.
汽车突然偏离了道路。
突然转向
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
突然转向
to change direction suddenly
The car suddenly veered off the road.
汽车突然偏离了道路。
常指车辆、风等改变方向
突然改变方向或路线；偏转
To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
顺时针方向偏转(北半球)或逆时针方向偏转(南半球)
To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
向船尾移动
To shift aft.
转向迎风；调转船头
To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
veer
Base
原形
veers
3rd person
第三人称单数
veering
-ing
现在分词
veered
Past
过去式
veered
Past participle
过去分词
The car veers to the left.
汽车向左转向。
The conversation veered off topic.
谈话偏离了主题。
The wind has veered north.
风已转向北。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The car suddenly veered off the road to avoid a deer.
汽车突然转向冲出路面，以避开一只鹿。
During dinner, the conversation veered toward their travel experiences.
晚餐时，谈话转向了他们的旅行经历。
The wind veered from north to west, bringing warmer weather.
风向从北转向西，带来了更温暖的天气。
常用于物理或话题的突然偏离。
The car suddenly veered off the road.
汽车突然偏离了道路。
The conversation veered from politics to sports.
对话从政治转向了体育。
常用于观点或趋势的转变。
Public opinion has veered towards stricter gun control.
公众舆论已转向更严格的枪支管制。
Not this
The driver veered the street to avoid a pothole.
Use this
The driver veered the car to avoid a pothole.
veer 作为及物动词时，宾语应为车辆或方向，而非道路；应改为 veer the car。
Not this
The plane veered course during the storm.
Use this
The plane veered off course during the storm.
表示偏离航线时，veer 常与 off 搭配，构成短语 veer off course，不能省略介词 off。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
偏离航线
The plane veered off course because of the storm.
由于暴风雨，飞机偏离了航线。
急转弯
The car veered sharply to avoid hitting a cyclist.
汽车急转弯以避免撞上骑自行车的人。
转向避开
The truck veered away from the edge of the cliff.
卡车转向避开悬崖边缘。
向左急转
The motorcyclist suddenly veered to the left without signaling.
骑摩托车的人没有打信号灯突然向左急转。
冲出道路
The driver lost control and veered off the road into a field.
司机失去控制，冲出道路，冲进了一片田野。
驶入另一条车道
The taxi veered into the other lane to pass the stopped bus.
出租车驶入另一条车道以超越停着的公交车。
偏离原定方向；脱离轨道
The project began well, but it veered off course after the manager left.
项目开始时进展顺利，但经理离开后便偏离了原定方向。
避开；偏离
The article veers away from the main issue and spends too long on background.
这篇文章偏离了主要问题，花了太多篇幅讲背景。
背离；脱离
She never veers from her principles, no matter the pressure.
无论压力多大，她从不背离自己的原则。
Use veer naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 veer 想成‘V’字急转弯——车子走成 V 形路线就是突然变向。
语域：neutral 常见场景：driving、sailing、wind、figurative veer 通常属于中性表达，既可用于书面语，也可用于日常口语，多指车辆、船只或风向突然转向，也可比喻话题或立场突然改变。
转向，改变方向
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.