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.
〔李〕[dis-=apart 开；tract=to draw 牵引→] vt. draw apart（the mind or attention）引开（心思），分散（注意力），使分心
〔蒋〕[dis-分开，离开，tract抽，引;’把注意力引开”] 分散(注意力)，使(人)分心，弄昏，迷惑
〔李〕[dis-=apart分开；tract=to draw抽，牵引→] v. draw apart (the mind), or divert (the attention)引开（心思）；分散（注意力）