词根verse旋转
veer wheel swerve

veer [viə]
to change direction or course
of the wind : to shift in a clockwise direction
a change in course or direction
vi. 转向；改变观点；风向顺时针转；调转船尾向上风
vt. 使转向；使顺风；使船尾向上风
n. 转向；方向的转变

例句
The car suddenly veered across the road.
汽车突然转向横穿过马路。
The wind veered round to the north.
风改向北吹了。
She was always veering from one opinion to another.
她的意见总是变来变去。

wheel [hwi:l]
a circular object connected at the centre to a bar, which is used for making vehicles or parts of machines move
to push an object that has wheels so that it moves in a particular direction
to fly repeatedly in a circular pattern
to turn quickly or suddenly and face the opposite direction; to make sb/sth do this
n. 车轮；方向盘；转动
vt. 转动；使变换方向；给…装轮子
vi. 旋转；突然转变方向；盘旋飞行；改变主意(或态度等)[(+about)]

例句
He wheeled his bike through the narrow lane.
他推着自行车穿过狭窄的巷子。
He wheeled round and dashed for the door.
他一转身便向门口冲去。

swerve [swə:v]
to change direction, especially suddenly
to change from an idea, course of action, purpose etc
vi. 转弯；突然转向；背离
vt. 使转弯；使突然转向；使背离;使改变目的
n. 转向；偏离的程度

例句
I will never swerve from my declared policy on this matter.
在这个问题上我决不会背离我公开宣布的政策。
The car swerved to the right.
车子突然转向右方。
Nothing will swerve him from his aims.
什么也不能使他改变目标

趣味单词
emolument[i'mɔljumənt] 一毛六
a payment in money or some other form that is made for work that has been done
n. 薪水，报酬；津贴，工资

例句
The emolument of this profession is not satisfactory.
此行业的报酬不令人满意。

昨日重现

TEM-4
The motorist had to _____ to avoid knocking the old woman down in the middle of the road.

A.swerve
B.twist
C.depart
D.swing

正确答案：
A.swerve
本题解析：
swerve表突然转向, 转弯；twist扭曲；depart表示"启程, 离开, 辞世
swing(使)来回摆动, 摇摆