(do sth) to distraction (做某事)做到发狂程度：These scientists devoted themselves to their research work to distraction，for they were on the brink of an important discovery about the inner structure of substance.这些科学家们执著于他们的研究工作到了发狂的程度，因为他们正濒临于做出有关物质内部结构的重要发现。 |