distract

• vt. 轉移；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麽東西可以讓他分心。

來自柯林斯例句

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。從遇見你的那一刻起，你就讓我分心。因為我的腦海裏滿滿都是想吻你的衝動。

來自美劇《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.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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，然後再洗劫他們的房屋。

來自柯林斯例句

5. When he arrived back, Tigress was cracking melon seeds to distract herself.

回到家中, 虎妞正在屋裏嗑瓜子兒解悶呢.

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子