He tried to distract attention from his own illegal activities.

### 解释 distract 是动词，由前缀 dis-（表示"分开、分离"）和词根 tract（来自拉丁语 trahere，意为"拉、拖"）组成，字面意思是"把注意力拉向不同方向"，引申为"转移注意力、使分心"。