| 单词 | distraction |
| 释义 | distraction (dɪstrækʃən ) Word forms: distractions 1. variable noun A distraction is something that turns your attention away from something you want to concentrate on. I feel this is getting to be a distraction from what I really want to do. Total concentration is required with no distractions. Synonyms: disturbance, interference, diversion, interruption 2. countable noun A distraction is an activity which is intended to entertain and amuse you. ...every conceivable distraction from show jumping to bouncy castles. Their national distraction is going to the theatre. Synonyms: entertainment, recreation, amusement, diversion 3. drive someone to distraction phrase If you say that something or someone drives you to distraction, you are emphasizing that they annoy you a great deal. [emphasis] A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction. Idioms: drive someone to distraction to annoy someone very much Nothing I said or did would get them to tidy up their bedrooms. It drove me to distraction. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: constant distraction And many families don't eat together any more, certainly not without the constant distraction of a television. Times, Sunday Times Critics fear that constant distraction from technology seriously affects people's ability to focus and also damages their relationships. Times, Sunday Times An unusually rough sound mix was a constant distraction. Times, Sunday Times Who could have predicted that, in the age of smartphones, video games and constant distraction, a vast audience of young people would be clamouring for broadcast literary coverage? Times, Sunday Times An uncaged or unharnessed animal can be a constant distraction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It needs no such distraction technique to prove its position as a top-performing university. Times, Sunday Times One of them kept drawing diagrams of how the glacier was formed, a distraction technique, perhaps. Times, Sunday Times Instead of engaging with criticisms of our own worldview, we focus on the defects of others as a makeshift distraction technique. Times, Sunday Times The inquest identified the staff's use of restraint as a factor, in particular the 'distraction technique', involving 'karate chop' blows to the nose. Times, Sunday Times It was a classic distraction technique: by the time we recovered and focused, our video camera was long gone. Times, Sunday Times It acts as a huge distraction from the principal activity of managing the firm. Times, Sunday Times It could be a massive money-spinner but will definitely be a huge distraction for both of them. The Sun But gradually it became a huge distraction. Times, Sunday Times This could help speed change but risks huge distraction at a crucial time. Times, Sunday Times But he has faced the huge distraction of sponsorship events. The Sun As a 32-year-old jockey, he tries to ignore the distractions and stick to the basics. Times, Sunday Times He had four sub-70 rounds, set a major championship record of 19 under par and even ignored the distraction of a streaker. Times, Sunday Times Tests found the effect, called emotion-induced blindness, helps gamers ignore distractions. The Sun Then you realize if you aren't part of that frame, that scene, she has the ability to ignore all distractions. Globe and Mail His career has been built on ignoring distractions and being sure of his opinions. Times, Sunday Times It has been an act of mass distraction on her part. Times, Sunday Times So it's perhaps too easy to view this new era of mass distraction as something newly dystopian. Times, Sunday Times Agile workforces need agile workspaces that can support the different tasks that go on in them, without becoming environments of mass distraction. Times, Sunday Times To achieve this charm and maturity, your objects of mass distraction need patina, which means you can't use anything new. Times, Sunday Times The balloon that 'bops' the window might be outside rather than in; a momentary distraction from beyond the prison walls. Times, Sunday Times Buffy uses this momentary distraction to flip over a jeep to go retrieve something from the middle of the battlefield. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And those bits are too far apart to make the game stand up as anything more than a momentary distraction in video game life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only he will know if his performances were down to outside distractions. Times, Sunday Times When partners focus on each other, outside distractions fade away. The Sun You are ready to go deeper, sticking to an ambitious personal plan despite outside distractions. The Sun Throughout that spell, outside distractions, the demands of fatherhood, a love of golf, a full social life and the complacency that often accompanies success rendered him lazy. Times, Sunday Times He continued writing songs while he served his sentence, citing the lack of outside distractions as a factor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sale of the construction contract removes that distraction. Times, Sunday Times They create the time, they remove the distractions to do that. Times, Sunday Times The book insists that to obtain any confession you must remove all distractions such as mobile phones and give the subject your total attention. Times, Sunday Times Are flowers and berries an asset or an unnecessary distraction? Times, Sunday Times I suggested that this might prove to be an unnecessary distraction. Times, Sunday Times The company called the move an 'unnecessary distraction'. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday brought more bafflement, more claims and press statements and for a team, manager and fanbase who should be preparing for a campaign of toil, another unnecessary distraction. Times, Sunday Times Fighting over $10-a-month streaming fees would at first glance appear an unnecessary distraction for a company that has built an $880 billion empire on the back of its sleek mobile devices. Times, Sunday Times The 25-year-old has the unwanted distraction of next week's multi-million pound court case. The Sun Once there, however, they treated the competition as an unwanted distraction. Times, Sunday Times Senior investment banking industry executives are privately seething at the referendum, which they see as an unwanted distraction at a time when profit margins are under pressure. Times, Sunday Times For too many managers - and yes, even some players - international duty has become an unwanted distraction. The Sun The speculation had been an unwanted distraction for his players, who had done remarkably well not to let it affect their results up to now. Times, Sunday Times Some said the matter was an unwelcome distraction. Times,Sunday Times Others are not so forgiving and regard him as an unwelcome distraction. Times, Sunday Times It has come as a very unwelcome distraction. Times, Sunday Times Even for the party itself the conference seems like an unwelcome distraction from the seismic events to come in the days ahead. Times,Sunday Times But in practice, it's an unwelcome distraction. Times, Sunday Times Visual distraction was minimal, just a gently soothing, slo-mo video backdrop. Times, Sunday Times Without any visual distraction we paid much more attention to the music. Times, Sunday Times It also becomes a visual distraction from more interesting action upstage, for what we have all come to witness are the magical events beyond the curtains. The Times Literary Supplement Stand mode brings the user closer to the screen for watching videos and using touch-enabled apps and removes the visual distraction from the keyboard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Visual distraction involves taking one's eyes off the road, while manual distraction involves taking one's hands off the wheel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In between twice-daily two-hour sessions of 6km or more in the water and her spells in the gym, wedding plans come as a welcome distraction. Times, Sunday Times You're a welcome distraction for one another but you're complicating your lives. The Sun Equally, though, it could be a welcome distraction. The Sun I hoped online dating would be a welcome distraction. The Sun The training session earlier was sprightly and acted as a welcome distraction. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 分心的事物 Japanese: 気を散らすもの |
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