distract

英 [d?'str?kt] 美[d?'str?kt]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數:?distracts;過去式:?distracted;過去分詞:?distracted;現在分詞:?distracting;形容詞:?distracting;

1、dis- "apart, away" + tract-.
2、字面意思為：draw in different directions.

distract 分心

dis-, 分開，散開。-tract, 拉，伸，詞源同attract ,contract. 引申詞義分心，精神混亂。

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.: 這個鬼地方根本沒有什么東西可以讓他分心。

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。從遇見你的那一刻起，你就讓我分心。因為我的腦海里滿滿都是想吻你的沖動。

4. Countryside robbers are learning the ways of the wild west by stampeding cattle to distract farmers before raiding their homes.: 鄉間強盜正在學習早期西部人的做法，先讓牛群受驚四處亂竄以轉移農民的注意力，然后再洗劫他們的房屋。

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兒解悶呢.