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单词 distract
释义 dis·tract
I. \dəˈstrakt, (ˈ)di|s-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin distractus, past participle
1. obsolete : drawn apart or pulled to pieces; also : diverted
2.
 a. obsolete : experiencing confusion of mind : distraught
 b. archaic : insane, mad
II. \də̇ˈstrakt\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English distracten, from Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere, literally, to draw or pull apart, from dis- apart + trahere to draw, pull — more at dis-, draw
1.
 a. : to draw or cause to turn away (from an original position, goal, purpose, direction, association, or interest)
  < the last thing he wanted was to be distracted from his present high purpose — Archibald Marshall >
  < Roeder and his associates were not at once distracted from the sawmill — American Guide Series: Washington >
 b. obsolete : to draw apart or away : divide, separate; also : disperse
 c. : to draw (the sight, mind, or attention) to a different object or compellingly and confusingly attract in divergent directions at once
  < irritated and distracted during the first part of the concert by the entrance of late concertgoers >
  < they have distracted our eyes from the pastoral beauty of another Ireland — Sean O'Faolain >
 d. : to provide amusement or diversion for
  < the excursion to the zoo served to distract him for at least one afternoon >
2.
 a. : to stir up or confuse with conflicting emotions or motives or unsettling worries : harass, confound
  < she was distracted by the uncertainty of her future >
 b. : to disrupt or cause dissension in by reason of divergent or conflicting desires, aims, or motives
  < shifting governments and violent oppositions, whose component groups found advantage in forming connections with interests and groups within the distracted company — Times Literary Supplement >
  < the famous “Elizabethtown Controversy” which long distracted the politics of New Jersey — E.P.Tanner >
  < the Christian Church … distracted by an internecine conflict — W.R.Inge >
3. : to unsettle the reason of : make insane : madden
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