单词 | distract |
释义 | dis·tract I. 1. obsolete 2. a. obsolete b. archaic II. 1. a. < 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 c. < 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. < the excursion to the zoo served to distract him for at least one afternoon > 2. a. < she was distracted by the uncertainty of her future > b. < 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. Synonyms: see puzzle |
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