distracted

気が散った、上の空の

別のことを考えたり気にしたりして、十分に集中できない。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： be distracted by something (I was distracted by a noise outside.)

類義語： preoccupied, inattentive, absent-minded

反対語： attentive, focused

よく使う表現： easily distracted, distracted by something, distracted driver, look distracted

取り乱した、悲嘆に暮れた

心配や悲しみが強すぎて、冷静に考えたり行動したりできない。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： distracted with something (She was distracted with fear for her missing child.)

類義語： distraught, frantic

反対語： calm

よく使う表現： distracted with grief, distracted with worry, distracted mother