dis·trac·tion
noun/dɪˈstrækʃn/
/dɪˈstrækʃn/
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] a thing that takes your attention away from what you are doing or thinking about
分散注意力的事物；使人分心的事物 - 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 - distraction from something The TV provided a distraction from his work.
电视分散了他工作的注意力。
Extra Examples- Her odd appearance is a major distraction whenever she is on screen.
无论何时她出现在屏幕上，她怪异的外表总是很碍眼。 - She caused a distraction by setting off the alarm.
她弄响了警报，造成了混乱。 - She worked hard all morning, without distraction.
她埋头工作了整整一个上午，一点儿也没分心。 - Work was a welcome distraction from her problems at home.
工作正好把她的注意力从家庭问题上转移开。 - new laws to address driver distraction caused by phone conversations
针对司机开车打电话分心这一问题的新法律
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- unwanted
- good
- nice
- …
- cause
- create
- provide
- …
- without distraction
- distraction from
- drive somebody to distraction
- love somebody to distraction
- I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
- [countable] an activity that entertains you
娱乐；消遣
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin distractio(n-), from the verb distrahere, from dis- ‘apart’ + trahere ‘to draw, drag’.
Idioms
to distraction
- so that you become upset, excited or angry, and not able to think clearly
到心烦意乱（或激动、气愤）的地步 - The children are driving me to distraction today.
今天孩子们闹得我心烦意乱。 - She was alone in the house all day and bored to distraction.
她一个人整天呆在家里，无聊得心烦意乱。 - My kids drive me to distraction at times.
孩子们有时令我心情烦躁。
- The children are driving me to distraction today.