distraction
distraction
noun
drive someone to distraction
noun
- a thing that prevents someone from giving their full attention to something else
分散注意力的事；娱乐，消遣
the firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight.
该公司发现旅客运输分散了大家对货运这一主要业务的注意。
■a diversion or recreation
放松；消遣
there are plenty of distractions such as sailing.
有许多消遣方式，如航海。
[mass noun]he roved the district in search of distraction.
他在这个地区转来转去，想找些消遣。 - [mass noun]extreme agitation of the mind or emotions
极度激动
he knew she was nervous by her uncharacteristic air of distraction.
从她不常有的激动的样子，他就知道她很紧张。
drive someone to distraction
- annoy someone intensely
使某人极为苦恼
he was driven to distraction by the pain in his shoulder.
肩膀上的痛令他备受困扰。
- (in hyperbolic use) intensely
（夸张用法）极度地
she loved him to distraction.
她爱他爱得发狂。
- late Middle English: from Latin distractio(n-), from the verb distrahere (see distract)
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