distract
英 [dɪ'strækt]
美 [dɪ'strækt]
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1、dis- "apart, away" + tract-.
2、字面意思为：draw in different directions.
distract 分心dis-, 分开，散开。-tract, 拉，伸，词源同attract ,contract. 引申词义分心，精神混乱。
- distract (v.)
- mid-14c., "to draw asunder or apart, to turn aside" (literal and figurative), from Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere "draw in different directions," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)).
Sense of "to throw into a state of mind in which one knows not how to act" is from 1580s. Related: Distracted; distracting; distractedly; distractedness.
- 1. There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
- 这个鬼地方根本没有什么东西可以让他分心。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. You distract me. I've been distracted since the moment I met you. Because all I can think about is how much I want to kiss you.
- 你害我分心。从遇见你的那一刻起，你就让我分心。因为我的脑海里满满都是想吻你的冲动。
来自美剧《生活大爆炸》
- 3. She jabbered away, trying to distract his attention.
- 她喋喋不休, 想分散他的注意力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. When he arrived back, Tigress was cracking melon seeds to distract herself.
- 回到家中, 虎妞正在屋里嗑瓜子儿解闷呢.
来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
