distraction
英 [d?'str?k?(?)n]
美[d?'str?k??n]
- n. 注意力分散；消遣；心煩意亂
TEM4IELTS低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?distractions;
助記提示
1、dis- "apart, away" + tract- + -ion.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Driven to distraction, he murdered the woman who jilted him.
- 他被逼得發(fā)狂，于是殺死了拋棄他的那個(gè)女人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.
- 依賴性太強(qiáng)的孩子會(huì)逼得父母心煩意亂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Let's invite her to the disco — she needs distraction.
- 我們請(qǐng)她去迪斯科舞會(huì) 吧,她需要散散心.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. The child's continual crying drove me to distraction.
- 那孩子不斷的哭聲弄得我?guī)缀跻l(fā)瘋.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. I feel this is getting to be a distraction from what I really want to do.
- 我覺得這開始讓我無法集中精神做我真正想做的事情了。
來自柯林斯例句