- 分散(心思、思想)，转移(注意力)；使(人)分心；使精神涣散：
The music distracted her from her work.
音乐使她无法专心工作。
Several people talking at once distract a listener.
几个人同时讲话会使听者分散注意力。
- 使转变；使转向：
She was distracted from her original interest.
她改变了自己原有的兴趣。
- 扰乱，使混乱；使烦忧；使困惑；使苦恼；弄昏，迷惑：
She was distracted at some occurrence.
她被一件发生的事弄得心烦意乱。
He was distracted by anxiety.
他因忧虑而心烦意乱。
- 使高兴，使快乐，给…提供消遣：
I was distracted for a while and forgot my troubles.
我得到一会儿消遣，忘记了我的烦恼。
I'm bored with cards,but table tennis still distracts me.
我对纸牌游戏已玩腻了，不过打乒乓球还是使我得到消遣。
- [常用被动语态]使精神错乱，使发狂，使发疯；使生气：
Grief distracted her.
悲痛令她发疯了。
He was distracted with fear.
他被吓得发狂了。
- (因倾轧、纷争等)使分裂，使不和