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Moving apart or going in different directions, instead of together. It's used for paths that split apart, opinions that disagree with each other, or plans that don't match. 'Divergent thinking' in psychology means coming up with many different, creative ideas instead of one expected answer.
分歧的、發散的
組成di- (a form of dis-, apart) + vergere (Latin, to turn/bend) + -ent (adjective ending).
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- divergethe verb form, sharing the same root
- divergencethe noun form
- convergethe opposite idea - shares the vergere root, but con- means 'together' instead of 'apart'
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
divergentadj/daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
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Growing further apart; diverging.
- Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.
- Four zebras stood despondent facing divergent directions like an old European film or a '90s band photo.
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mathematicssciences(said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
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Disagreeing from something given; differing.
- a divergent statement
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Causing divergence of rays.
- a divergent lens
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。