diverge
/daɪˈvɜːdʒ/verb
no obj.
1
- (of a road, route, or line) separate from another route, especially a main route, and go in a different direction（道路, 通道, 航线）（尤指从主线路）分开; 岔开：
at the square, the Lytham Road tram route diverged from the Promenade
在广场利瑟姆路的有轨电车路线从人行街岔开
as adj. diverging the junction of two diverging roads两条岔路的交叉处
figurative 〈喻〉their ways had diverged at university.
在大学里他们就分道扬镳了。
1.1
- develop in a different direction向不同方向发展：
English Gothic architecture began to diverge from that on the Continent.
英国的哥特式建筑开始向和欧洲大陆不同的方向发展。
1.2
- (of an opinion, theory, approach, etc.) differ markedly（意见、理论、方法等）分歧, 相异：
the coverage by the columnists diverged from that in the main news stories
专栏作家涉足的领域和主要的新闻故事的内容是截然不同的
it is here that the different theories diverge
这正是不同理论相异之处
as adj. diverging diverging concepts of nation-building.国家建设的不同概念。
1.3
- depart from a set course or standard偏离; 背离：
suddenly he diverged from his text.
突然他偏离了课本。
2
- Mathematics (of a series) increase indefinitely as more of its terms are added【数】发散。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin divergere, from Latin dis- 'in two ways'+vergere 'to turn or incline'.