Distract的意思|Distract的解释-里氏词典

distract [dɪ'strækt]

vt. 转移, 分心, 使发狂

The film managed to distract me from these problems for a while.
这部影片分散了我的注意力, 让我暂时忘记了这些难题.
Don't distract my attention I'm trying to study!
别分散我的注意力--我正要学习呢!
Children are so easily distracted.
儿童的注意力很不容易集中.

distract

[ verb ]

draw someone's attention away from something

<verb.emotion>

deflect

The thief distracted the bystanders
He deflected his competitors

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill

Distract \Dis*tract"\, a. [L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to
draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, and cf.
{Distraught}.]
1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs.]

2. Insane; mad. [Obs.] --Drayton.

Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distracted}, old p.
p. {Distraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distracting}.]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.

2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
eye; to distract the attention.

Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
--Goldsmith.

3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts. --Milton.

4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
distracted.

A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
--Shak.

Misleading information was peddled to distract patients' attention from real needs. This sermon, delivered to a conference audience rather than a cathedral congregation, was greeted with applause and Macara received a noisy standing ovation.
Another is that the recommendations are not carried out as swiftly as the commission feels they should be. A more immediate risk, however, is that the current political turmoil will distract attention away from proper consideration of the document.
Shaw Pittman partner R. Timothy Hanlon called the allegations "unfounded" and accused Westinghouse of trying "to intimidate us or to distract from our efforts in representing our clients."
In an Orange County Superior Court lawsuit, bondholders who purchased $200 million in American Continental debt securities claim Keating used his political connections to distract regulators while he continued to sell junk bonds to depositors.
The strikes, we are told, undermine the economy, while rallies distract people from their jobs.
The new openness may not persuade everyone; a wealth of information can be used to distract as well as inform.
George Bush was hoping to distract Michael Dukakis in New England while the Massachusetts governor went after California's bounty of 47 electoral votes and his supporters claimed GOP campaign tactics were tinged with racism.
But while marketing annuities in this way may make it easier to sell these often-baffling insurance contracts, it could also distract investors from asking the right questions.
More than half of all congestion is caused by accidents and incidents that distract drivers' attention, officials said.
"We feel it's inappropriate to debate the merits of the specifics of his book with anyone and we are not going to have anything such as this distract us from our mission," DEA spokesman Frank Shults said.
More troubling, asserts Mr. Fyfe, a former New York City police officer, is the use of "body counts" and other symbols of toughness that may distract public attention more than they address real problems.
And while there is no point in allowing it to distract us from pressing on with our careers, his research surely faces us with a mystery.
While the 64-year-old emir's return ignited yet another frenzy of flag-waving and celebratory gunfire, the revelry didn't distract attention from the continuing hardship of daily life in Kuwait.
At Beijing University and other schools, official dance parties were scheduled through the weekend to distract students.
Maybe it was just a ritualistic rite to distract the demons. Somebody believed; otherwise, the economy couldn't have done what it did _ stocks couldn't have risen, for instance _ and Reagan couldn't have been re-elected.
Foley said the president's statements showed that the charges against the speaker were part of a GOP campaign to distract attention from the Republicans' own ethics woes, including the investigations of Attorney General Edwin Meese III.
The prosecution alleged that organized crime figures wanted to use the bombing to distract authorities investigating the mob, the prosecutors said.
Nimeiri says the report was fabricated to distract Sudanese from the country's myriad problems.
Further, like other sporting events certified as "major," the Masters proceeds amid enough hoopla to distract veterans, much less newcomers.
Be wary of pickpockets and setups, such as someone dropping a handful of change to distract you while an accomplice steals luggage or other property.
"It's rather odd for someone to want this, but when you think it over, it's not too bad," he said. "She wants to hear what's being said about her." He doesn't think Mrs. Ketron's presence at the service will distract him.
But he doesn't say." So, Mrs. Abedi tries to distract her husband.
"The evidence left in the cell was so obvious we had some doubts whether it was legitimate evidence or whether they were trying to distract us," she said.
But the motion comes between scenes, and doesn't distract the audience in the middle of glorious music, the way some recent Zeffirelli productions of Puccini and Verdi operas have done.
Discussions about further research and economic considerations should "not distract us from taking action on carbon dioxide stabilization now," Hans Alders, the Dutch environmental minister, told the conference during a closed working session.
President Mikhail S. Gorbachev sets out this week on a trip to the United States, Cuba and Britain that will grab headlines around the world and may distract some attention from his problems at home.
By The Associated Press China's political crisis gave the Hong Kong Stock Exchange a bad case of the jitters Thursday and stirred concern in Vietnam that China might attempt "outside adventures" to distract from its domestic problems.
Perfiliev blamed it on "corrupt elements" trying to distract attention from Kremlin leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev's reforms.
The masks apparently failed to distract Boggs, who singled in his first appearance.

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