Bright lights from passing vehicles can distract drivers and increase the risk of nighttime accidents.
过往车辆的明亮灯光会分散驾驶员的注意力，增加夜间事故的风险。
Nutrition researcher Damian Cho found no significant difference in total calorie intake between slow and quick chewers once he controlled for how distracted participants were while eating, suggesting distraction level, not chewing speed, may explain Halloway's result.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “distract”?
D — To take someone's attention away from something. “distract” means to take someone's attention away from something.
Which word means “to take someone's attention away from something”?
C — distract. “distract” means to take someone's attention away from something.
distract — to take someone's attention away from something. In Chinese: 分心，转移注意力.
distract is pronounced /dɪˈstrækt/.
Bright lights from passing vehicles can distract drivers and increase the risk of nighttime accidents. (过往车辆的明亮灯光会分散驾驶员的注意力，增加夜间事故的风险。)
divert, disturb, sideline — all close in meaning to distract (to take someone's attention away from something).
focus, concentrate — each the opposite of distract (to take someone's attention away from something).
Yes. distract is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.