distracting
気を散らすような
解説 Definition
「distracting」とは、集中力を妨げたり、注意をそらしたりする様子を表す形容詞です。勉強や仕事をしている際に、周囲の環境や出来事が気を散らす場合に使われます。集中を困難にさせる状況や物事を描写します。
Something distracting draws a person’s attention away from the task or subject that should receive it, making concentration difficult. The adjective commonly describes noises, sights, messages, behavior, or other interruptions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 distract「注意をそらす」に -ing を付けた形で、語尾をそのまま加え、発音は /dɪˈstræktɪŋ/。「distracting noise」「find something distracting」の形が典型。人が気を取られた状態は distracted、気を散らす原因は distracting と対比して覚える。
Start with the verb distract, “to pull attention away,” and add -ing without changing the base spelling: distract + ing becomes distracting, pronounced /dɪˈstræktɪŋ/. Think of a phone notification repeatedly pulling your eyes away from your work. Common patterns are distracting noise, distracting behavior, and find something distracting. Keep the roles clear: a noise is distracting because it causes the problem, while a person is distracted because they experience the loss of concentration.
例文
The loud music from next door was very distracting while I was studying.
隣から聞こえる大きな音楽は、勉強中にとても気を散らしました。
She found the colorful decorations in the classroom distracting during the exam.
彼女は試験中、教室のカラフルな装飾が気を散らすと感じた。
His constant phone notifications were distracting during the meeting.
彼の絶え間ない電話の通知は会議中に気を散らしていた。
distracting の類義語・関連語
distracting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
distracting は distract に -ing が付いた形で、distract はラテン語 dis-「離れて」+ trahere「引く」に由来します。もとは『注意をあちこちへ引っぱる』ことなので、一つに集中できず気が散る、という意味になるわけです。関連語は attract、traction。
Distracting is formed from distract plus the suffix -ing. Distract came through Latin distractus, the past participle of distrahere, built from dis-, “apart,” and trahere, “to draw or pull.” The original image is therefore of attention being pulled in different directions. The same Latin root appears in English words connected with pulling, including attract and traction.
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