In this older and more bookish sense, distracted means your mind is in pieces: you are so anxious or upset that you cannot think clearly. She was too distracted with worry to eat. He gave a distracted smile, still on the hospital phone call.

In this older and more bookish sense在這個比較老、比較書面的意思裡 distracted means your mind is in pieces distracted指你心裡亂成一團：you are so anxious or upset that you cannot think clearly你焦慮或難過到無法好好思考。She was too distracted with worry to eat她心煩意亂到吃不下東西。He gave a distracted smile他心不在焉地笑了一下，still on the hospital phone call那時他還在講醫院打來的電話

It sits close to distraught — pulled apart by feeling — and you will meet it in stories more than in the corridor.

It它 sits close to distraught跟distraught很接近——pulled apart by feeling被情緒撕扯——and you will meet it in stories more than in the corridor你在小說裡會比在走廊上更常遇到它

Though actually, most people now use distracted in a milder way: your attention has been pulled off to something else, a phone, a noise, a worry that is not quite panic. “Don’t get distracted.” “I got distracted and missed the stop.” Both are real.

Though actually不過事實上，most people now use distracted in a milder way現在大多數人用distracted的意思比較輕：your attention has been pulled off to something else你的注意力被拉到別的東西上，a phone, a noise, a worry that is not quite panic可能是手機、噪音，或還不到恐慌程度的擔心。"Don't get distracted."「別分心。」"I got distracted and missed the stop."「我分心結果坐過站了。」Both are real這兩種用法都存在

Teachers almost always mean the attention sense. The anxious sense is the one novels still reach for when a character cannot gather their thoughts. If you only learn the phone sense, the book sense will surprise you; if you only learn the book sense, everyday English will sound too heavy.

Teachers almost always mean the attention sense老師幾乎都是指分心這個意思。The anxious sense那個心煩意亂的意思 is the one novels still reach for是小說裡還是常用到的 when a character cannot gather their thoughts當角色沒辦法把思緒理清楚的時候。If you only learn the phone sense如果你只學了手機分心那個意思，the book sense will surprise you小說裡那個意思會讓你意外；if you only learn the book sense如果你只學了書面那個意思，everyday English will sound too heavy日常英文聽起來會太重