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单词 distract
释义
distract
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈstrækt/us
/dɪˈstrækt/
B2
to make someonestopgivingtheirattentionto something:
使分心，使转移注意力，干扰
Don't distract her (fromherstudies).不要让她（在学习上）分心。
Hetriedto distractattentionfromhis ownillegalactivities.他试图转移人们对其非法活动的注意。
More examples
  • Theteacherhad toseparatethe twofriendsbecause theytendto distract each other inclass.
  • Shoplifters oftenworkinpairs, with onecreatingadiversionto distract theshopassistantswhile the otherstealsthegoods.
  • Can youstoptappingyourfootplease- it's distracting me while I'mworking.
  • Sorry, what were you saying? Somethingoutsidethewindowdistracted me.
  • If the TV is distracting you fromyourhomework,turnit off.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Creating a distraction
  • distracting
  • distractingly
  • distraction
  • diversion
  • divert
  • escape
  • mind
  • misdirection
  • put
  • putsomeoneofftheirstrideidiom
  • putsomethingoff
  • rabbit hole
  • sidetrack
  • smoke and mirrors
  • stride
  • subject
  • take
  • takesomeoneout ofhimself/herself
  • takesomeone'smind offsomethingidiom

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distracting
(Definition ofdistractfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

distract| American Dictionary

distract
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈstrækt/
to take someone’sattentionaway from what thatpersonis doing or should be doing:
Shelikedtoworkwith theradioplayingand said it did not distract her.

distraction

noun[C/U]us
/dɪˈstræk·ʃən/
[U]It’simpossibletoworkwith all this distraction.
(Definition ofdistractfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdistract

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It tends todistractfaculty into emphasizing profitable research and to neglect their teaching duties.
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In both cases, however, such encoding tricksdistractfrom and complicate the semantic analysis.
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This attitude has distracted attention away from the educational benefits of asynchronous electronic communication.
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They should not be distracted by gesture and facial expression, they should focus on the content of the speech.
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It is entirely possible to develop the analysis for a direct-style language, but this requires extra machinery that distracts from the presentation.
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Parisian consumption was the opposite, oriented not towards male activity, but towards a consumerism controlled by a femininity that distracted men from productive work.
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This suggests that focusing on the task of finding a particular address distracted the more cognitively-impaired participants from the dangers of road traffic.
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The procedure most probably works by distracting attention from the painful stimulation and refocusing it on music.
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He himself will not forget to claim his ' kola ' or rightful ' part ', as occurs when the potential donor seems distracted or recalcitrant.
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She does not fish and goes there only todistractherself.
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Unfocused and distracted selectivity results in chaotic cognitions and the typical symptoms of delirium.
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Such individuals are capable of recognizing the causal structure of products, but may also be distracted by superficial features.
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It happens to the subject, whom it distracts.
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However, in the present study, distracting attention in the same way did not disrupt the line segment grouping discrimination.
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Is easily distracted by things going on around him or her 16.
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