distraction

美 [dɪˈstrækʃn]英 [dɪˈstrækʃn]
  • n.分散注意力;娱乐;消遣;使人分心的事

复数: distractions

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noun

1

分散注意力的事;使人分心的事
a thing that takes your attention away from what you are doing or thinking about

I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.

我发觉在家里工作很难,因为使人分心的事太多。

cinema audiences looking for distraction

寻求解闷的电影观众

2

娱乐;消遣
an activity that amuses or entertains you

习语

so that you become upset, excited, or angry and not able to think clearly

今天孩子们闹得我心烦意乱。
The children are driving me to distraction today.

distraction

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR 分散注意力的事;使人分心的事
    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...

    我觉得这开始让我无法集中精神做我真正想做的事情了。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 娱乐;消遣
    A distraction is an activity which is intended to entertain and amuse you.

    ...every conceivable distraction from show jumping to bouncy castles...

    每一个能想象得到的娱乐项目,从跳跃障碍赛到塑料充气城堡

  • 3
    PHRASE 让人心烦意乱;让人恼火
    If you say that something or someone drives you to distraction, you are emphasizing that they annoy you a great deal.

    A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.

    一个非常黏人的孩子会让父母不胜其烦。

noun

1
the act of distracting;drawing someone's attention away from something
conjurers are experts at misdirection
Synonym: misdirection
2
an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
Synonym: beguilement
3
mental turmoil
he drives me to distraction
4
an obstacle to attention

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  1. Loosely managed teams can become hotbeds of distraction ― employees routinely complain that they can 't get their work done because they are forced to spend too much time in meetings or compelled to work in noisy offices .

    管理宽松的团队会分散注意力——员工通常会抱怨他们完成不了工作,因为他们被迫花费了太多的时间开会,或者被迫在喧闹的办公室工作。

  2. Maybe the Super Bowl will be the weapon of mass distraction that Bush has been praying for .

    或许超级碗就是小布什一直在期盼的大规模分散注意力武器。

  3. I feel this is getting to be a distraction from what I really want to do

    我觉得这开始让我无法集中精神做我真正想做的事情了。

  4. Total concentration is required with no distractions .

    要全神贯注,不能有丝毫分神。

  5. Their national distraction is going to the disco .

    他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

  6. A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction .

    依赖性太强的孩子会逼得父母心烦意乱。

  7. Driven to distraction , he murdered the woman who jilted him

    他被逼得发狂,于是杀死了抛弃他的那个女人。

  8. A Londoner born and bred , she suspected that a month in the country would bore her to distraction .

    作为一个土生土长的伦敦人,她不相信在乡下呆一个月就会令她心烦意乱。

  9. If every distraction took only 1 minute , that would account for 2.5 hours a day .

    如果每一次分神只占用1分钟的话,那么一天中会分神2。5个小时。

  10. It 's easy to blame technology for being so distracting , but distraction is nothing new .

    要指责科技太易让人分散精力很容易,但是精力分散不是什么新生事物。

  11. To measure the effects of Internet-based distractions during class , researchers evaluated   500 students taking an introductory psychology class at Michigan State University .

    为了衡量上课期间上网对学生注意力分散的影响,研究人员对密歇根州立大学修读入门心理学课500名学生进行了评估。

  12. A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the Net and its offspring apps , social media sites and online games of addicting us to distraction .

    不断有类似的标题谴责网络及其衍生软件、社交媒体网站和网络游戏分散我们的精力。

  13. They make you less productive and lazy . Keep a check on your distractions .

    它们会使你学习效率低下,也会更懒惰,检查一下有哪些东西会让你分心。

  14. I 'm getting driven to distraction by the way that Ryan keeps tapping his fingers on the desk .

    我要被瑞恩不停地用手指敲桌子的声音逼疯了。

  15. Zenware is a software designed to block visual distractions on a computer so that it is easier to concentrate on what you are doing .

    Zenware是一款能够屏蔽电脑上各类容易让人分神的窗口和软件、以便让用户更加专注于手头工作的软件,字面意思为“禅宗软件”,业界一般称为“极简软件”。

  16. Kayla 's coughing was driving me to distraction .

    凯拉的咳嗽声弄得我心烦意乱。

  17. Second , while the design process is happening , the author is generally in the last harrowing stage of editing their manuscript and doesn 't want any distraction .

    第二,设计过程进行的同时,作者们通常还处在改稿的最后阶段,痛苦到不想被任何事情打搅。

  18. Weapon of mass distraction is a pun-perfect play on weapon of mass destruction . The latter phrase ( in its plural2 form ) was voted word of the year for 2002 by the American Dialect Society .

    Weaponofmassdistraction这个表达是对weaponofmassdestruction(大规模杀伤性武器)一词完美的双关演绎,后者(通常用复数形式)曾被美国方言协会选为2002年的年度词汇。

  19. And also , I could really use the distraction .

    这也能分散下我的注意力。

  20. Noise is a distraction when you are trying to study .

    当你读书时,喧闹声是会令人分心的。

  21. The preliminary experimental study of mandibular distraction osteogenesis process and mechanism

    下颌骨牵引成骨过程及机理的实验研究

  22. Objective To investigate the mechanism and the optimal time of delayed distraction .

    目的探讨延迟分离适宜时间及其促进延长区骨愈合机制。

  23. I clear away distractions and do the important things .

    我排除干扰,做重要的事。

  24. Boys are a distraction you don 't need right now .

    现在男孩子只会让你分心。

  25. Three-dimensional Finite Element Study on Middle Face Advancement with Distraction Osteogenesis

    面中部牵张成骨有限元研究

  26. There are too many distractions here to work properly .

    这儿叫人分心的事太多,使人无法好好工作。

  27. Results : A three-dimensional finite element model of human mandibular distraction was constructed .

    结果:建立了人下颌骨牵张成骨三维有限元模型。

  28. High attention has long periods of attending and short distraction periods .

    高度注意有较长的注意期和很短的精神涣散期。

  29. Either of them are enough to drive a man to distraction .

    他们之中的任何一个都足以驱使一个人变得疯狂。

  30. Previous research found that distraction can ease pain .

    先前的研究表明转移注意力会减轻疼痛。

  • 习语

n.

to distraction

到心烦意乱(或激动、气愤)的地步
so that you become upset, excited, or angry and not able to think clearly

The children are driving me to distraction today.

今天孩子们闹得我心烦意乱。