Personally, I don't like to listen to music while racing, but I can definitely understand its benefit as a distraction.

就我个人而言，我不喜欢在比赛中听音乐，但我绝对能够理解音乐对于比赛中注意力分散的效用。

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Zina: He's just a 3) distraction, like a mosquito buzzing in my ear.

吉娜： 他只会让人分心，就像耳边蚊子嗡嗡叫。

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Distraction is not a static obstacle that you avoid like you might avoid a rock in the road.

分心不是一成不变的障碍，你不可能像避开马路上的石头那样避开分心的事物。

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This succeeds far better with the wide array of comparative art examples in the catalog than in the exhibition itself, where a smattering of works by Henri Matisse, Henry Moore and others seem more like a distraction from the many exquisite Ice Age examples, which also include spectacular animal carvings and decoratively engraved tools.

WSJ: Artistry, Not Answers | Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind | British Museum | By Tom L. Freudenheim

Sports always seems to be one of the first entries back into a world of distraction (like it or not) when the vagaries of the natural (or unnatural) world leave us smacked and wary.

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They might provide a slight distraction and a temporary boost to spending, consumer confidence, investor confidence, and the like, but that is about it.

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