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distract

英 [dɪ'strækt]美[dɪ'strækt]
  • vt. 转移;分心

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词态变化


第三人称单数: distracts;过去式: distracted;过去分词: distracted;现在分词: distracting;形容词: distracting;

助记提示


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

中文词源


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。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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

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