[ U ] the state of being very bored or annoyed心烦意乱,苦恼无聊
His lessons bore me to distraction.听他讲课我打不起精神来。
That dreadful noise is driving me to distraction.那种讨厌的噪音快把我烦死了。
C1 [ C or U ] something that prevents someone from giving their attention to something else分心的事;分散注意力的东西
I can turn the television off if you find it a distraction.如果你觉得电视让你思想无法集中,我可以关掉。
C1 [ C ] an activity that you do for pleasure娱乐,消遣
one of the distractions of city life城市生活的一项消遣活动