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distraction
英 [dɪ'strækʃ(ə)n]
美[dɪ'strækʃən]
- n. 注意力分散；消遣；心烦意乱
词态变化
复数: distractions;
助记提示
1、dis- "apart, away" + tract- + -ion.
英文词源
- distraction (n.)
- mid-15c., "the drawing away of the mind," from Latin distractionem (nominative distractio) "a pulling apart, separating," noun of action from past participle stem of distrahere (see distract). Meaning "mental disturbance" (in driven to distraction, etc.) is c. 1600. Meaning "a thing or fact that distracts" is from 1610s.
双语例句
- 1. Driven to distraction, he murdered the woman who jilted him.
- 他被逼得发狂，于是杀死了抛弃他的那个女人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.
- 依赖性太强的孩子会逼得父母心烦意乱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Let's invite her to the disco — she needs distraction.
- 我们请她去迪斯科舞会 吧,她需要散散心.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The child's continual crying drove me to distraction.
- 那孩子不断的哭声弄得我几乎要发疯.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. I feel this is getting to be a distraction from what I really want to do.
- 我觉得这开始让我无法集中精神做我真正想做的事情了。
来自柯林斯例句