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distracting
US /dɪ'stræktɪŋ/
・UK /dɪ'stræktɪŋ/
B1
v.t.Transitive VerbTo draw someone's attention away from something
I find it too distracting to work with the television on
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Watch Jim Lehrer Moderate First Full Presidential Debate
- hisses, among other noisy distracting things, so we may all concentrate on what the candidates
hisses, among other noisy distracting things, so we may all concentrate on what the candidates
Things Poland has but Taiwan doesn't!
- yes, and it's also very distracting
yes, and it's also very distracting
Your Coworkers Are Not Your Friends - I Learned The Hard Way!
- especially if you're somebody that is really focused on upward mobility that can be very distracting.
especially if you're somebody that is really focused on upward mobility that can be very distracting.
Learn ENGLISH with MODERN FAMILY — Manny's Friend is in Love with Gloria
- I can imagine, too, a lot of moms maybe using this or dads, like, when they're in the kitchen trying to cook dinner and the kid keeps bothering them with questions or, you know, distracting them away from the task.
I can imagine, too, a lot of moms maybe using this or dads, like, when they're in the kitchen trying to cook dinner and the kid keeps bothering them with questions or, you know, distracting them away from the task.
- So you'd be like, "Get out of my hair." I can imagine too a lot of moms maybe using this or dads, like when they're kitchen trying to cook dinner and the kid keeps bothering them with questions or distracting them away from the task.
So you'd be like, "Get out of my hair." I can imagine too a lot of moms maybe using this or dads, like when they're kitchen trying to cook dinner and the kid keeps bothering them with questions or distracting them away from the task.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
- The truth is, that he tried to be smart, as a means of distracting his own attention,
The truth is, that he tried to be smart, as a means of distracting his own attention,
How to Immerse: Listening
- but once I started to actually understand the Japanese, it became just too distracting and I wouldn't be able to fall asleep if I was listening,
but once I started to actually understand the Japanese, it became just too distracting and I wouldn't be able to fall asleep if I was listening,
- As for me personally, I started out doing that kind of massive passive listening, but once I started to actually understand the Japanese, it became just too distracting and I wouldn't be able to fall asleep if I was listening.
As for me personally, I started out doing that kind of massive passive listening, but once I started to actually understand the Japanese, it became just too distracting and I wouldn't be able to fall asleep if I was listening.
哈佛教授：你活著到底是為了什麼？► 3個步驟找出人生意義 - Dr. Arthur Brooks 亞瑟．布魯克斯（中英字幕）
- You need to stop distracting yourself and systematically stop distracting yourself.
You need to stop distracting yourself and systematically stop distracting yourself.
16歲超自律芭蕾舞者，兼顧學業與夢想，在「火車」上寫作業！Teen Ballerina's Daily Routine｜ Good Job！｜ Vogue Taiwan
- Banging the sound out of your pointe shoes allows a dancer to have a softer landing when jumping, because sometimes loud pointe shoes can be kind of distracting to an audience.
Banging the sound out of your pointe shoes allows a dancer to have a softer landing when jumping, because sometimes loud pointe shoes can be kind of distracting to an audience.
Why Cant Some People Stop Fidgeting
- But drawing specific pictures or walking around the room; that's too distracting, and the benefits are just lost.
But drawing specific pictures or walking around the room; that's too distracting, and the benefits are just lost.
- It can be irksome, but as long as it's not distracting to others, it's not necessarily bad; and it is, at least, burning some calories!
It can be irksome, but as long as it's not distracting to others, it's not necessarily bad; and it is, at least, burning some calories!
How I Became a Minimalist
- This really is the foundational truth of a lifestyle of minimalism that our possessions are distracting us from the things we value most.
This really is the foundational truth of a lifestyle of minimalism that our possessions are distracting us from the things we value most.