释义：

take sombody's mind off 使某人忘记

字面含义为“使某人的心远离（off）……”，因此可以表示“让某人忘记……”。可以用 keep, get 代替 take。

例句：

I bought myself a little gift to take my mind off my problems.
我给自己买了一个小礼物，让我忘掉所有的烦恼。
Maybe it'll take your mind off Betty.
也许这会让你忘掉贝蒂的。
Just try to really keep Tom's mind off of it.
试试让汤姆忘掉这件事。

对话：

A: Ray drinks too much alcohol these days.
雷这几天喝得太厉害了。
B: It takes his mind off the troubles at his home.
正所谓借酒消愁啊。