distracts
気を散らす
解説 Definition
distracts は distract（気を散らす）の三人称単数現在形です。人の注意を本来向けるべき対象からそらすことを表し、音、動き、心配事などが主語になります。
Distracts is the third-person singular present form of distract. It means that a sound, object, event, or thought draws someone’s attention away from the activity or subject on which they should be concentrating.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
distract「注意をそらす」の三人称単数現在形で、主語が the music、her phone、a noise など単数なら -s を付けて distracts とします。発音は語末が /ts/。dis-「離れて」＋「引く」に由来する語根から、注意が本来の対象とは別方向へ引かれる図を思い浮かべます。distract A from B の形が定番です。
Distracts is the third-person singular present form of distract. Add -s when the present-tense subject is singular, as in “The music distracts me” or “Her phone distracts her.” The ending is pronounced /ts/ after the final /t/ sound. Use the historical image of attention being pulled in a different direction: something distracts a person from an activity. That gives the common pattern distract someone from something, such as a noise distracting a baby from eating. The subject is often a sound, movement, device, worry, or other competing demand for attention.
例文
The loud music distracts me while I study.
大きな音楽が、勉強中の私の気を散らします。
Her phone distracts her during every meeting.
会議のたびに、彼女は携帯電話で気が散ってしまいます。
A small noise often distracts the baby from eating.
小さな物音で、その赤ちゃんは食事から気がそれることがよくあります。
distracts の類義語・関連語
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distracts の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 distrahere（dis-「離れて」+ trahere「引く」）に由来。原義は「別方向に引っ張る」で、注意を本来の対象から引き離すこと。関連語: attract（引きつける）、extract（引き出す）。心が別方向へ「引かれる」から「気が散る」という意味になった。
Distracts consists of distract and the third-person singular present ending -s. Distract comes from Latin distrahere, formed from dis-, “apart” or “in different directions,” and trahere, “to pull or draw.” The literal idea of pulling apart developed into the mental sense of drawing attention away from its proper object. Related formations from the same Latin verb include attract, extract, and contract.
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