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distraction

英 [dɪ'strækʃ(ə)n] 美[dɪ'strækʃən]
  • n. 注意力分散;消遣;心烦意乱

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词态变化


复数: distractions;

助记提示


1、dis- "apart, away" + tract- + -ion.

英英释意


1. mental turmoil;
"he drives me to distraction"
2. an obstacle to attention
3. an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
4. the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something;
"conjurers are experts at misdirection"

英文词源


distraction (n.)
mid-15c., "the drawing away of the mind," from Latin distractionem (nominative distractio) "a pulling apart, separating," noun of action from past participle stem of distrahere (see distract). Meaning "mental disturbance" (in driven to distraction, etc.) is c. 1600. Meaning "a thing or fact that distracts" is from 1610s.

考试真题


Loosely managed teams can become hotbeds of distraction—employees routinely complain that they can't get their work done because they are forced to spend too much time in meetings or compelled to work in noisy offices.

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The so-called mindful-eating strategies can fight distractions and help us control our appetite, Brunstrom says

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Eating distractions often affect our food digestion

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Students already have laptops and cell phones, of course, but the newest devices can take class distractions to a new level.

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Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries.

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What does the French philosopher Blaise Pascal say about distraction

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They keep people from various distractions.

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A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the Net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distraction.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

If every distraction took only 1 minute, that would account for 2.5 hours a day.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

It's easy to blame technology for being so distracting, but distraction is nothing new.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

What they don't need to do—what would be a distraction—is to have to think about where their fingers are, or how to control the ball while running.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Cal Newport, author of Deep work: Rules for Focused Success in a distracted World, recommends building a habit of "deep work"—the ability to focus without distraction.

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

词组搭配


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。

to distraction

(in hyperbolic use) intensely

(夸张用法)极度地

she loved him to distraction.

她爱他爱得发狂。

实用场景例句


The children are driving me to distraction today.
今天孩子们闹得我心烦意乱。

牛津词典

I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
我发觉在家里工作很难,因为使人分心的事太多。

牛津词典

cinema audiences looking for distraction
寻求解闷的电影观众

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Total concentration is required with no distractions.
要全神贯注,不能有丝毫分神。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...every conceivable distraction from show jumping to bouncy castles...
每一个能想象得到的娱乐项目,从跳跃障碍赛到塑料充气城堡

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Their national distraction is going to the disco.
他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.
一个非常黏人的孩子会让父母不胜其烦。

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I feel this is getting to be a distraction from what I really want to do...
我觉得这开始让我无法集中精神做我真正想做的事情了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Armand ban still deeply miss the Marguerite, he to distraction to to Paris.
阿尔芒禁仍深深地怀念着玛格丽特, 他又失魂落魄地来到巴黎.

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Let's invite her to the disco — she needs distraction.
我们请她去迪斯科舞会 吧,她需要散散心.

《简明英汉词典》

Either of them are to drive a man to distraction.
他们之中的任何一个都足以驱使一个人变得疯狂.

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My wife's constant whining is driving me to distraction.
我妻子没完没了发牢骚使我无法忍受.

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I hope despite your distraction I am your only focus.
我希望在你众多时尚新宠中,仍然最爱是我.

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But in general, " distraction is almost always a bad thing. "
但总的来说, “ 分散注意力总不是件好事. ”

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Dealing with such cases can prove a huge distraction, as Citigroup discovered after the dotcom collapse.
要处理这些诉讼需要花费巨大的精力, 花旗在互联网泡沫中就是如此.

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They were driven to distraction by the flies.
他们被苍蝇搅得烦透了.

辞典例句

The government needed foreign adventure as a distraction from domestic discontent.
政府需要以在国外的冒险来令国内的不满情绪分心.

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When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens.
舌头只会让人分心,只有舌头停止说话, 心灵才能听见另一颗心声.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

For parents to distraction by their children's little white lies, here is the good news.
父母们面对孩子小谎言的时侯都会抓狂, 但现在震惊的好消息来了.

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But tonight, he said, he wanted distraction.
但是, 他说他今天晚上希望散散心.

辞典例句

And when you feel what's under your feet, it can be a distraction.
当你感觉到你教下有东西的时候, 垫子就是在分散着力.

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He listened with distraction.
他心不在焉地听着.

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He loves her to distraction.
他爱她爱得发狂.

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Distraction: trying to think about something else.
分散注意力: 试图想想其他事情.

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It's in their economic interest to drive us to distraction.
让我们注意力分散符合他们的经济利益.

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Acknowledge what happened, and write down the reasons behind your distraction.
你要做的是,坦承发生了什么问题, 并且说明困扰你的原因.

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Here is the irony in writing a piece about distraction.
说到走神这有个讽刺的故事.

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Objective : To investigate the application of distraction osteogenesis technique in old chin splintered fracture.
目的: 研究牵引成骨技术在矫正下颌正中陈旧性骨折畸形治疗中的应用.

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