distracted

distrait

Qui ne peut pas se concentrer pleinement parce qu’il pense à autre chose ou remarque autre chose.

En anglais simple : Unable to pay full attention because you are thinking about or noticing something else.

• You seem distracted today.
• He was too distracted to finish his homework.
• Drivers distracted by their phones can cause accidents.

Comment l'utiliser : be distracted by something (I was distracted by a noise outside.)

Synonymes : preoccupied, inattentive, absent-minded

Contraires : attentive, focused

Expressions courantes : easily distracted, distracted by something, distracted driver, look distracted

affolé, bouleversé

Si inquiet ou bouleversé qu’il ne peut plus réfléchir clairement ni agir calmement.

En anglais simple : So worried or upset that you cannot think clearly or behave calmly.

• The distracted mother searched everywhere.
• He was distracted with grief after her death.
• Distracted with worry, she could neither eat nor sleep.

Comment l'utiliser : distracted with something (She was distracted with fear for her missing child.)

Synonymes : distraught, frantic

Contraires : calm

Expressions courantes : distracted with grief, distracted with worry, distracted mother