distractive

/dis.tʁak.tiv/ adj

causing distraction

Word Origin 'Distract' is literally 'to pull apart' — your attention is pulled in different directions. 'Distractive' describes something that causes that pulling apart. The root 'trahere' gives us 'tractor' (a puller), 'attract' (pull towards), 'contract' (pull together), and 'retreat' (pull back). So a distractive thing is a mind-puller-aparter.

adj causing distraction

The distractive noise from construction made it hard to concentrate.

(形容词) 分散注意力的;使人分心的

建筑工地传来的分散注意力的噪音让人难以集中精神。

(adjetivo) Que causa distracción.

El ruido distractor de la construcción dificultaba la concentración.

(adjectif) distrayant; perturbateur; déconcentrant [qui distrait l'attention, de nature à détourner la concentration.]

Le bruit distractive des travaux rendait difficile de se concentrer.

(Adjektiv) ablenkend; störend [so beschaffen, dass es Ablenkung verursacht oder die Konzentration stört]

Der **distractive** Lärm der Baustelle machte es schwer, sich zu konzentrieren.

(形容詞) 注意をそらす。注意を逸らすような。

工事現場からの気を散らすような騒音で、集中するのが難しかった。

(adjetivo) distrativo; que distrai [que causa distração]

O ruído distrativo da construção dificultou a concentração.

Word parts: dis + tract + ive

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