distract的词源

英文词源

distract (v.)

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.

中文词源

distract：分心

dis-, 分开，散开。-tract, 拉，伸，词源同attract ,contract. 引申词义分心，精神混乱。

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distract：打扰，分神；扰乱，迷惑 

词根词缀： dis-分离,分开 + -tract-拉,引 → 引开