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 distraction [dɪ'strækʃən]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 娱乐, 分心的事物, 分心

[医] 注意力分散, 内脱位, 牙弓过宽


  1. The child's continual crying drove me to distraction.
    那孩子不断的哭声弄得我几乎要发狂。
  2. TV can be a welcome distraction after a hard day's work.
    辛苦一天之后，看电视有时是很美的逍遣。
  3. He loves her to distraction.
    他爱她爱得发疯。


distraction
[ noun ]
  1. mental turmoil

    2. <noun.cognition>
    he drives me to distraction
  2. an obstacle to attention

    3. <noun.cognition>
  3. an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations

    4. <noun.act>
  4. the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something

    5. <noun.act>
    conjurers are experts at misdirection


Distraction \Dis*trac"tion\, n. [L. distractio: cf. F.
distraction.]
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

To create distractions among us. --Bp. Burnet.

2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. ``Domestic
distractions.'' --G. Eliot.

3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.]

His power went out in such distractions as
Beguiled all species. --Shak.

4. State in which the attention is called in different ways;
confusion; perplexity.

That ye may attend upon the Lord without
distraction. --1 Cor. vii.
35.

5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political
distractions.

Never was known a night of such distraction.
--Dryden.

6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind;
despair.

The distraction of the children, who saw both their
parents together, would have melted the hardest
heart. --Tatler.

7. Derangement of the mind; madness. --Atterbury.

Syn: Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder;
dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving;
franticness; furiousness.

  1. For many institutions, it's a drain on their resources and a distraction from their main business.' Fixed-price contracts generally profit both parties.
  2. Alan Young and Glynnis Johns play retired neighbors whose incredible happiness drives Dooley to distraction.
  3. It was "the negative politics of distraction," he said, wagging his finger at the press.
  4. With distraction provided by the visit of Spanish King Juan Carlos to Mexico, the president held his tongue during the TV series, but other Mexicans in politics and the media were not so sanguine.
  5. Redeeming a campaign promise to force the military to end its ban on homosexuals proved a protracted distraction.
  6. "We oppose illegal cutting and are not opposed to control over the cutting of vegetation," he said, but added that allowing vegetation to grow indiscriminately could pose a distraction to drivers straining to read ads or other signs.
  7. On other issues, Judge Kennedy said he considers the presence of television cameras in the courtroom an "outside distraction" that "might make me and my colleagues behave differently."
  8. It uses ten winds to no imaginative purpose, with a pair of piano-duettists tinkling away to distraction: it was like continually bumping one's head against wind-chimes. There was a woeful absence of pace.
  9. "It's a distraction," says Jan Litynski, a founder of the Citizens' Movement.
  10. It is still considering its next move. If it makes a bid, the maximum price is 185p - as it was for the tender offer - valuing Etam at Pounds 121m. Etam said the offer had been an unwelcome distraction.
  11. To Pittsburgh officials, the stock market "is a minor distraction" in a city already faced with declining revenue and a shrinking tax base.
  12. Even conversation can be a distraction from the enormity of her mission, since she is utterly convinced that she must dedicate every moment to God.
  13. YESTERDAY'S PUBLIC row in the European Parliament, between the Danish foreign minister and Greek deputies, over Greek resistance to the diplomatic recognition of Macedonia was a lamentable distraction.
  14. At least the opening-night performance of Verdi's "Otello" offered the happy distraction of major jewels being carted into an auditorium newly beautified with the name of Met patron Sybil Harrington, the Texas zillionairess.
  15. Mr. Buckley is right that the ad has driven both the Dole and Bush camps to distraction, but, more interesting, it illustrates one of the curiosities of this campaign season: the influence of the 30-second TV spot.
  16. "This crisis is of very great importance, but I'm worried about the distraction it causes," says Kate Michelman, executive director of the National Abortion Rights Action League.
  17. But the emergence of Perotism, plus the distraction of the Los Angeles riots, has meant that the better he has done in the primaries the more he has been ignored. Mr Clinton is tough and smart and in this for the duration.
  18. The clubs also felt the drain and distraction of women during the two world wars.
  19. But we're at least in the talking stage now." That rap or heavy metal music blaring from teen-agers' car stereos may not be the distraction some people think.
  20. Even so, he left with a familiar claim, saying he was sparing the country a distraction that could have dragged on for two or three years.
  21. The subsequent acquisition spree in Sweden and merger with Procordia can only have been a distraction from the serious business of running an international pharmaceuticals group.
  22. It was definitely a real obvious distraction," said George Thomas, who flies tow planes used to launch gliders.
  23. In some of these cases, it is not clear whether the benefits outweigh the implementation costs and opportunity costs of management distraction. Lastly, to expect superior financial profits by just applying Jit could even be absurd in some cases.
  24. "I can't begin to tell you the degree of distraction that it has been," he says.
  25. Churchill's colleagues in the war cabinet also found Beveridge's activities a distraction from the main business of defeating the Germans, at a time when victory was far from certain.
  26. Everything else is basically a distraction." But if Mr. Wexner lacks social ambition, he evidently hungers for the status accorded people who succeed at managing big department-store chains.
  27. The White House press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater, also disclaimed any distraction from the business at hand, despite the parades, fireworks and extravagent displays.
  28. It held Washington runners to 73 yards and harried quarterback Jay Schroeder to distraction, sacking him four times and forcing six interceptions.
  29. Even if this latest proposal is completed, it might require an additional six to eight months of wrangling and further distraction.
  30. This is a distraction. It would have been better, although not practical, to have everyone that Wedtech paid off in this courtroom.
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