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无 Distract Dis'trækt V.分心,转移;使发狂,困扰 V Mid 14c Draw Asunder

单词 distract
音标 [dis'trækt]
解释 v.分心,转移;使发狂,困扰
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字源 distract (v.)
mid-14c., "to draw asunder or apart, to turn aside" (literal and figurative), from Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere "draw in different directions," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)).
Sense of "to throw into a state of mind in which one knows not how to act" is from 1580s. Related: Distracted; distracting; distractedly; distractedness.
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