If you deflect something such as criticism or attention, you act in a way that prevents it from being directed towards you or affecting you.
双语例句
例：
Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism.
凯奇改了名字以避免被人指责搞裙带关系。
2.?[T 及物动词] （通过施压或给予好处）使改变
To deflect someone from a course of action means to make them decide not to continue with it by putting pressure on them or by offering them something desirable.
双语例句
例：
The war did not deflect him from the path he had long ago taken.
战争没有使他改变很久之前就选择的道路。
3.?[T 及物动词] 使（动作）偏斜
If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example, by hitting or blocking it.