If you do too many different things, you distract in a way.

如果做太多不同的事情，就会分心。

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But mobile phones pose the biggest risk, for research shows that these gadgets distract in a more pernicious way.

但最大的风险来自手机，因为有研究表明，这些玩意儿个头虽小，在分散司机的注意力上却往往具有更大的杀伤力。

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The behaviors that the birds engage in to distract predators are called distraction displays.

鸟类做来分散捕食者注意力的行为被称为注意力分散展示。

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As David Cameron took the flak over his controversial NHS reforms in England back in April, he was happy to use the health service in Wales to distract attention from the controversy during question time in the Commons.

BBC: NHS Wales and political football - MPs join the debate

Independent counsels should not often come in and distract the U.S. government from its essential business.

WSJ: This Is No Ordinary Scandal

Does what is happening in Egypt distract at all from that push?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefings