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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dis·trac·tion /dɪˈstrækʃən/
 娛樂,分心的事物,分心

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 dis·trac·tion /dɪsˈtrækʃən/ 名詞
 分心,精神渙散

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·trac·tion n.
 1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
    To create distractions among us.   --Bp. Burnet.
 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. “Domestic distractions.”
 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.]
 His power went out in such distractions as
 Beguiled all species.   --Shak.
 4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
    That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.   --1 Cor. vii. 35.
 5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.
    Never was known a night of such distraction.   --Dryden.
 6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
    The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart.   --Tatler.
 7. Derangement of the mind; madness.
 Syn: -- Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 distraction
      n 1: mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
      2: an obstacle to attention
      3: an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and
         distracts you from worries and vexations [syn: beguilement]
      4: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away
         from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
         [syn: misdirection]