distract

英 [dɪˈstrækt]

美 [dɪˈstrækt]

v.  转移(注意力); 分散(思想); 使分心

过去分词：distracted　现在分词：distracting　过去式：distracted　第三人称单数：distracts　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.5958 / COCA.4498

牛津词典

verb

• 转移（注意力）；分散（思想）；使分心
  to take sb's attention away from what they are trying to do
  1. You're distracting me from my work.
     你使我不能专心工作。
  2. Don't talk to her─she's very easily distracted.
     不要同她讲话——她的注意力很容易分散。
  3. It was another attempt to distract attention from the truth.
     这又是企图分散人们对事实真相的注意力。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 分散(注意力);使分心
  If somethingdistractsyou or your attentionfromsomething, it takes your attention away from it.
  1. Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework...
     汤姆承认玩电子游戏有时会使他无心做作业。
  2. Don't let yourself be distracted by fashionable theories...
     不要让自己被流行的理论分散了注意力。
  3. A disturbance in the street distracted my attention.
     街上的一阵骚乱分散了我的注意力。

英英释义

verb

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
  1. She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
  Synonym:perturbunhingedisquiettroublecarkdisorder
• draw someone's attention away from something
  1. The thief distracted the bystanders
  2. He deflected his competitors
  Synonym:deflect

双语例句

• I tried to distract him but without success.
  我想分散他的注意力但没有成功。
• No matter what happens, nothing will distract my attention.
  不管发生什么情况，都不会分散我的注意力。
• All she said I had to do was distract you.
  她所说的就是要我引开你们。
• A disturbance in the street distracted my attention.
  街上的一阵骚乱分散了我的注意力。
• Studying in groups may distract you from concentrating on your weaknesses.
  小组学习可能会使你的注意力分散而不能全神贯注于你的弱点。
• But children don't gamble, and they can distract their parents from gambling.
  但是，孩子不赌博，而且他们分散了父母参加赌博的注意力。
• Countryside robbers are learning the ways of the wild west by stampeding cattle to distract farmers before raiding their homes.
  乡间强盗正在学习早期西部人的做法，先让牛群受惊四处乱窜以转移农民的注意力，然后再洗劫他们的房屋。
• I was jealous because I didn't want anything to hurt her, or distract her from me.
  我是嫉妒，因为我不希望任何伤害她，或她的注意力从我身上。
• Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework
  汤姆承认玩电子游戏有时会使他无心做作业。
• I'll tell you my joke to distract you.
  我给你讲个笑话来分散你的注意力。