The constant hum of construction equipment served as a major distraction for students trying to complete their physics exam.
建筑设备的持续嗡嗡声成为学生完成物理考试时的主要干扰。
Advocates of remote work claim it boosts productivity by eliminating commutes and office distractions.
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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.
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Which choice best defines “distraction”?
D — Something that takes your attention away from what you are doing. “distraction” means something that takes your attention away from what you are doing.
Which word means “something that takes your attention away from what you are doing”?
C — distraction. “distraction” means something that takes your attention away from what you are doing.
distraction — something that takes your attention away from what you are doing. In Chinese: 分心的事物.
distraction is pronounced /dɪˈstrækʃən/.
The constant hum of construction equipment served as a major distraction for students trying to complete their physics exam. (建筑设备的持续嗡嗡声成为学生完成物理考试时的主要干扰。)
diversion, interruption, disturbance — all close in meaning to distraction (something that takes your attention away from what you are doing).
focus, concentration — each the opposite of distraction (something that takes your attention away from what you are doing).
Yes. distraction 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.