字面直译是“把注意力转移到某事上”,强调从原本关注的对象/事物,转向新的关注对象,突出“注意力的切换”。
该短语的关键结构是:主语 + shift (one's) attention to + 新的关注对象(名词/代词/动名词)。
需要注意:
1、 “one's”不可省略:因为“注意力”是“某人的”,需用形容词性物主代词(my/his/her/their等)或名词所有格(如the company's)修饰attention。
2、 “to”是介词:后面必须接名词、代词或动名词(doing),不能接动词原形。
通过不同语境的例子,更直观理解用法:
I was reading a book, but I shifted my attention to the door when I heard a knock.
(我本来在看书,但听到敲门声后,把注意力转到了门上。)
After playing games for an hour, she shifted her attention to doing homework.
(玩了一小时游戏后,她把注意力转到了做作业上。)
The public quickly shifted their attention to the new environmental policy after the disaster.
(灾难发生后,公众迅速把注意力转到了新的环保政策上。)
The media initially focused on the election, but soon shifted attention to the economic crisis.
(媒体最初关注选举,但很快把注意力转到了经济危机上。)
Researchers have shifted their attention to the long-term effects of this medication.
(研究人员已将注意力转移到这种药物的长期影响上。)
The team shifted its attention to the upcoming project once the old one was completed.
(旧项目完成后,团队把注意力转到了即将开始的新项目上。)
Attention was shifted to the safety issue after several accidents occurred.
(几起事故发生后,注意力被转移到了安全问题上。)
和“shift attention to”意思相近的短语有:
turn one's attention to:更强调“主动转向”,语气较平和;
redirect one's attention to:更正式,强调“重新引导注意力”(如从无关事物转回重点)。
但“shift attention to”是最常用、最中性的表达。
"shift attention to sth."是描述“注意力转移”的高频短语,核心是“从A到B的切换”,用法上需注意“one's”的所有格和“to”后接名词/动名词。只要情境涉及“改变关注对象”,都可以用它!