āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
distract
/dÉĒstÉšËÃĻkt/
to distract
01
āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to cause someone to lose their focus or attention from something they were doing or thinking about
Transitive: to distract sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The noisy construction outside the window tended to distract her from studying for exams.
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻšāĻ˛āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŖāĻ¤āĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make someone feel confused or torn by mixing up their emotions or intentions
Transitive: to distract sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was distracted by his feelings of guilt and excitement at the same time.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
distracted
distract
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
