distract

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·tract [distract distracts distracted distracting] BrE [dɪˈstrækt] NAmE [dɪˈstrækt] verb ~ sb/sth (from sth)
to take sb's attention away from what they are trying to do
Syn: ↑divert
•You're distracting me from my work.
•Don't talk to her— she's very easily distracted.
•It was another attempt to distract attention from the truth.
Derived Word: ↑distracting
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
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’.

Example Bank:
•He's easily distracted from his work
•an attempt to distract attention away from the real problems in the country

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, disorder, deflect