distract

distract

英 [dɪ'strækt]
　　美 [dɪ'strækt]

vt. 轉移；分心

v.(動詞)distract的意思是“短暫地分散註意力、悲傷等; 岔開念頭”,常在賓語後面接介詞from。

中文詞源：

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。

例句：

1. There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
這個鬼地方根本沒有什麼東西可以讓他分心。

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。因為我的腦海裡滿滿都是想吻你的沖動。

3. She jabbered away, trying to distract his attention.
她喋喋不休, 想分散他的註意力.

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註意力，然後再洗劫他們的房屋。

5. When he arrived back, Tigress was cracking melon seeds to distract herself.
回到傢中, 虎妞正在屋裡嗑瓜子兒解悶呢.