distract

distract
[dɪˈstrakt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]prevent (someone) from giving their full attention to something
    使分心
    don't allow noise to distract you from your work.
    不要让噪音使你在工作中分心。
    [as adj. distracting]she found his nearness distracting.
    她发现他的靠近使她分神。
    ■divert (attention) from something
    转移（注意力）
    it was another attempt to distract attention from the truth.
    这是另一次将注意力从真理上转移的企图。
    ■(distract oneself)divert one's attention from something worrying or unpleasant by doing something different or more pleasurable
    分散注意力；分心
    I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jane.
    我尽量把注意力集中在简身上，让自己忘掉不愉快。
    ■(archaic)perplex and bewilder
    (古)使困惑；使迷惑
    horror and doubt distract His troubl'd thoughts.
    恐惧和疑虑使他杂乱的思想更加困惑。
派生
distractingly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (also in the sense 'pull in different directions'): from Latin distract- 'drawn apart', from the verb distrahere, from dis- 'apart' + trahere 'to draw, drag'
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