Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #5958
distract
/disˈtrækt/
verb
使分心；分散注意力
to draw someone's attention away from something
- 1.
To divert the attention of.
分散(某人的)注意力
- 2.
To divert (attention).
转移(注意力)
- 3.
To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
使发狂,使精神错乱
分散(某人的)注意力；转移(注意力)；使发狂,使精神错乱；转移；分心
In use
The noise outside distracted me from my homework.
Please don't distract the driver while the car is moving.
She turned off her phone so messages wouldn't distract her during the meeting.
distract sb from sth
The noise distracted him from his work.
噪音使他从工作中分心。
distract sb with sth
She distracted the baby with a toy.
她用玩具分散婴儿的注意力。
be distracted by sth
He was distracted by a sudden noise.
Connections
Collocations
- distract someone
- 使某人分心
- Please don't distract me while I'm studying.我学习时请不要打扰我。
- distract from
- 从…转移注意力
- The noise distracted him from his work.噪音使他无法专心工作。
- easily distracted
- 容易分心
- She is easily distracted by her phone.她很容易被手机分心。
- distract attention
- 分散注意力
- The magician's tricks distracted the audience's attention.魔术师的把戏分散了观众的注意力。
- distract the mind
- 使心神不宁
- Worry about the exam distracted his mind all day.对考试的担忧使他整天心神不宁。
- distract oneself
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：dis（分开）+ tract（拉）→ 注意力被拉开，即分心。想象你正在看书，突然的噪音把你的注意力‘拉’走了。
Context & Register
常见场景：日常对话、学术环境、工作场合 通常用于中性语境，但‘使不安’的含义比较正式
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the '-tract' part with 'distract', pronounced as /trækt/. Be cautious of words like 'indict' where '-ct' is pronounced as /t/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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