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

• I tried to distract him but without success.
  我想分散他的注意力但没有成功。
• All she said I had to do was distract you.
  她所说的就是要我引开你们。
• 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。
• I'll tell you my joke to distract you.
  我给你讲个笑话来分散你的注意力。
• I'll find all sorts of things to distract me from starting.
  我发现很多事情会让我分心，使我根本不能开始动手写。
• 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。
• 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。
• The film manage to distract me from these problem for a while.
  这部影片分散了我的注意力，让我暂时忘记了这些难题。
• A disturbance in the street distracted my attention.
  街上的一阵骚乱分散了我的注意力。