distraction
distract + -ion
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noun
1. a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else:
ยซโ€ฆใ‹ใ‚‰ยป ๆฐ—ใ‚’ๆ•ฃใ‚‰ใ™๏ผป็ด›ใ‚‰ใ™๏ผฝ็‰ฉ๏ผปใ“ใจ๏ผฝ ยซfromยป ; ๆฐ—ใŒๆ•ฃใ‚‹ใ“ใจ.
e.g. the company found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight.
a diversion or recreation:
ๆฐ—ๆ™ดใ‚‰ใ—, ๅจฏๆฅฝ
e.g. there are plenty of distractions such as sailing.
2. extreme agitation of the mind or emotions:
ๅ‹•่ปข, ไนฑๅฟƒ, ๅ›ฐๆƒ‘; ็ฒพ็ฅž้Œฏไนฑ, ็‹‚ๆฐ—
e.g. he knew she was nervous by her uncharacteristic air of distraction.
PHRASES
to distraction
(in hyperbolic use) intensely:
e.g. she loved him to distraction.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Latin distractio(n-), from the verb distrahere (see distract).