c. 1200, "to depart, go make off; turn away or aside;" c. 1300, "to turn aside, deviate from a straight course;" in form from Old English sweorfan "to rub, scour, file away, grind away," but sense development is difficult to trace. The Old English word is from Proto-Germanic *swerb- (cf Old Norse sverfa "to scour, file," Old Saxon swebran "to wipe off"), from PIE root *swerbh- "to turn; wipe off." Cognate words in other Germanic languages (cognates: Old Frisian swerva "to creep," Middle Dutch swerven "to rove, roam, stray") suggests the sense of "go off, turn aside" might have existed in Old English, though unrecorded. Related: Swerved; swerving.
swerve (n.)
1741, from swerve (v.).
雙語例句
1. Nothing will swerve him from his aims.
什麽也不能使他改變目標.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. He did not swerve a hair's breadth from the decision he had made.
他絲毫沒有改變自己已經作出的決定。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He swung the car to the left and that swerve saved Malone's life.
他猛地將車頭轉向左邊，這才保住了馬隆的性命。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.
司機有足夠的時間刹車或急轉彎，來避開那個女人。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him ; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle ; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him.