Engineers built a series of canals to divert the river's flow away from the vulnerable farmland during the flood season.
工程师建造了一系列运河，在洪水季节将河流的水流引离易受影响的农田。
Which choice best defines “divert”?
B — To redirect; distract; entertain. “divert” means to redirect; distract; entertain.
Which word means “to redirect; distract; entertain”?
D — divert. “divert” means to redirect; distract; entertain.
divert — to redirect; distract; entertain. In Chinese: 转移，使转向；使娱乐.
divert is pronounced /daɪˈvɜːrt/.
Engineers built a series of canals to divert the river's flow away from the vulnerable farmland during the flood season. (工程师建造了一系列运河，在洪水季节将河流的水流引离易受影响的农田。)
redirect, deflect, amuse — all close in meaning to divert (to redirect; distract; entertain).
focus, retain — each the opposite of divert (to redirect; distract; entertain).
Yes. divert is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
di-(turn) + vert(turn) → turn aside, entertain.