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

• 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 didn't want it to distract you. I took it away.
  我怕你分心，把它收起来了。
• I tried to distract him but without success.
  我想分散他的注意力但没有成功。
• 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。
• 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。
• Police in France are looking for two attractive female thieves who bared their breasts at a man at a cashpoint to distract him before stealing his money.
  法国警方目前正在缉捕两名美丽女贼，她们朝一名自动取款机前的男子露出自己的胸部以分散他的注意力，随后便将他卡里的钱偷走。
• You must not talk to or distract the tram driver or touch the controls.
  不可与电车司机谈话或妨碍他驾驶，也不可触摸车上的控制器。
• The intention was to distract egg-laying females from furniture or structual wood.
  其目的是把产卵的雌虫从家具或建筑木材中分离出来。
• You cannot make or receive a call during play because it will distract the players.
  在比赛过程中，你不能打或接收任何电话，因为那会分散比赛者的注意力。
• I will not let minor issue distract my work.
  我不会让次要的问题干扰我的工作。