Distract

(verb.) draw someone's attention away from something; 'The thief distracted the bystanders'; 'He deflected his competitors'.

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• And I'm bound to say Lily DOES distract it: I believe he'd marry her tomorrow if he found out there was anything wrong with Bertha. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I still loathed my bed in the school dormitory more than words can express: I clung to whatever could distract thought. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Oh,-- the ladies murmured; and Mrs. Archer added, partly to distract her daughter's attention from forbidden topics: Poor Regina! 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Nay, she seemed to wish to distract my thoughts from the subject: she rose from the floor: Hush! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It would distract attention from us, I am sure, she said. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• But, God help me, I am old, and these foul onslaughts distract an aged man's brain. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• As he was trying to think out some plan to distract her attention he heard a wild cry from across the clearing. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• His face became a little distracted. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In the first instant of alighting, Mrs. Sparsit turned her distracted eyes towards the waiting coaches, which were in great request. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Not in a land of war and blood, surrounded by hostile neighbours, and distracted by internal factions, can Israel hope to rest during her wanderings. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He was unable, however, to make his way in, and the maids were too distracted with fear to be of any assistance to him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• But we have so little time to make so much of, and I have come so far, and am altogether so devoted, and distracted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• These smearings and scratchings, washings and dashings, being duly performed, the next ceremonial is to cleanse and replace the distracted furniture. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It had been well, if such vain terrors could have distracted our thoughts from more tangible evils. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Here---- (Terrible, most distracting to the ear, was the strained shout in which the last stanza was given. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Isolated from their connection with the present environment in which individuals have to act, they become a kind of rival and distracting environment. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• While he was struggling with these distracting calls of duty and science he was obliged to go to Washington to see his patent attorney. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He could walk up and down, free from distracting fancies, praying for himself and for them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• For with the removal of distracting idols, man's experience becomes the center of thought. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But if you will come and explain distracting appearances I do not question that you can show your honesty to me. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He is a lecturer and a consultant, but he does not care for general practice, which distracts him from his literary work. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Your habit of interrupting without having the least thing in the world to say, distracts one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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