Distract
[dɪ'strækt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) draw someone's attention away from something; 'The thief distracted the bystanders'; 'He deflected his competitors'.
整理:劳拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Separated; drawn asunder.
(a.) Insane; mad.
(v. t.) To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
(v. t.) To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
(v. t.) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
(v. t.) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
杰西編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Perplex, confuse, discompose, harass, disturb, disconcert, bewilder, confound, mystify, embarrass.
錄入:曼蒂
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Divide, dissipate, dissever, disconcert, discompose, perplex, bewilder,convulse, madden, disturb
ANT:Unite, fix, concentrate, collect, compose
錄入:泽维尔
解釋/意思:
v.t. to draw in different directions—applied to the mind or attention: to confuse: to harass: to render crazy: to divert.—adj. Distract′ed.—adv. Distract′edly.—n. Distract′edness.—adjs. Distract′ible; Distract′ile (bot.) carried widely apart.—n. Distrac′tion state of being distracted: perplexity: agitation: madness: a diversion.—adj. Distract′ive causing perplexity.
整理:鲁道夫
例句/造句/用法:
- And I'm bound to say Lily DOES distract it: I believe he'd marry her tomorrow if he found out there was anything wrong with Bertha. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I still loathed my bed in the school dormitory more than words can express: I clung to whatever could distract thought. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Oh,-- the ladies murmured; and Mrs. Archer added, partly to distract her daughter's attention from forbidden topics: Poor Regina! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Nay, she seemed to wish to distract my thoughts from the subject: she rose from the floor: Hush! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It would distract attention from us, I am sure, she said. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- But, God help me, I am old, and these foul onslaughts distract an aged man's brain. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- As he was trying to think out some plan to distract her attention he heard a wild cry from across the clearing. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- His face became a little distracted. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In the first instant of alighting, Mrs. Sparsit turned her distracted eyes towards the waiting coaches, which were in great request. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Not in a land of war and blood, surrounded by hostile neighbours, and distracted by internal factions, can Israel hope to rest during her wanderings. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He was unable, however, to make his way in, and the maids were too distracted with fear to be of any assistance to him. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- But we have so little time to make so much of, and I have come so far, and am altogether so devoted, and distracted. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- These smearings and scratchings, washings and dashings, being duly performed, the next ceremonial is to cleanse and replace the distracted furniture. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It had been well, if such vain terrors could have distracted our thoughts from more tangible evils. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Here---- (Terrible, most distracting to the ear, was the strained shout in which the last stanza was given. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Isolated from their connection with the present environment in which individuals have to act, they become a kind of rival and distracting environment. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- While he was struggling with these distracting calls of duty and science he was obliged to go to Washington to see his patent attorney. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He could walk up and down, free from distracting fancies, praying for himself and for them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- For with the removal of distracting idols, man's experience becomes the center of thought. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But if you will come and explain distracting appearances I do not question that you can show your honesty to me. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He is a lecturer and a consultant, but he does not care for general practice, which distracts him from his literary work. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Your habit of interrupting without having the least thing in the world to say, distracts one. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
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