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absentminded

/ab-suhnt-mahyn-did/US // ˈæb səntˈmaɪn dɪd //

心不在焉,心不在焉的,旷工,心不在焉的人

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.

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Examples

  • You must know that I am deucedly absentminded, and positively lost without my glass.

  • When you turn suddenly absentminded and mysterious I always feel like saying: 'Come back.

  • They govern the nation, it is true, but they do it in a rather absentminded fashion.

  • The young man recovered himself from his absentminded stare in the direction Grace had taken, with a frank laugh.

  • How did absentminded beggar's concluding testimonial conclude?