mid-14c., "to draw asunder or apart, to turn aside" (literal and figurative), from Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere "draw in different directions," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)).
Sense of "to throw into a state of mind in which one knows not how to act" is from 1580s. Related: Distracted; distracting; distractedly; distractedness.
中文解释
1、dis- "apart, away" + tract-.2、字面意思为：draw in different directions.
实用例句
1. There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
这个鬼地方根本没有什么东西可以让他分心。来自柯林斯例句
2. You distract me. I've been distracted since the moment I met you. Because all I can think about is how much I want to kiss you.
