distract
/dɪˈstrækt/verb
with obj.
1- prevent (someone) from giving their full attention to something使分心：
don't allow noise to distract you from your work
不要让噪音使你在工作中分心
as adj. distracting she found his nearness distracting她发现他的靠近使她分神。
1.1
- divert (attention) from something转移（注意力）：
it was another attempt to distract attention from the truth.
这是另一次将注意力从真理上转移的企图。
1.2
distract oneself
divert one's attention from something worrying or unpleasant by doing something different or more pleasurable分散注意力; 分心：I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jane.
我尽量把注意力集中在简身上, 让自己忘掉不愉快。
1.3
- archaic perplex and bewilder〈古〉使困惑; 使迷惑：
horror and doubt distract His troubl'd thoughts.
恐惧和疑虑使他杂乱的思想更加困惑。
词源
late Middle English （also in the sense 'pull in different directions'）： from Latin distract- 'drawn apart'， from the verb distrahere, from dis- 'apart'+trahere 'to draw， drag'.