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　

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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

• Don't let TV distract your attention.
  不要让电视分散了你的注意力。
• You distract the monster and I'll run away as fast as I can!
  你去分散怪物的注意力，我以我最快的速度逃跑。
• 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。
• You want your tablet to enhance the discussion, not distract from it.
  你希望自己的平板设备提高讨论的效果，而不是造成干扰，罗森塔尔建议道。
• I will not let minor issue distract my work.
  我不会让次要的问题干扰我的工作。
• Don't distract my attention I'm trying to study!
  别分散我的注意力&我正要学习呢！
• Don't distract me from my studies. I have an exam tomorrow.
  不要扰乱我的学习。我明天有个考试。
• 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。
• 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。
• In short the technology starts to distract from the actual problem we are trying to solve.
  简而言之，这项技术已经开始把注意力放在我们试图解决的实际问题之外了。