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单词 absent-mindedness
释义
absent-mindedness
noun[U]
uk
/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/us
/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/
alackofattentionto what you are doing or what ishappeningaround you because you arethinkingabout other things:
走神；恍惚
In amomentof absent-mindedness, shethrewherkeysin thebin.一时走神，她把钥匙扔进了垃圾筒。
It was noaccident- nofitof absent-mindedness.这绝非偶然，是心不在焉。
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  • Absent-mindedness is just thestartofmemoryproblems.
  • Hecombinedintellectualbrilliancewithacuteabsent-mindedness.
  • Sheblamedfailingtoturnup for theappointmenton absent-mindedness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not paying attention
  • absent
  • absent-minded
  • absent-mindedly
  • absently
  • abstracted
  • anyhow
  • dreamy
  • drop/loweryourguardidiom
  • faraway
  • glazed
  • go back to sleep!idiom
  • laxly
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • merrily
  • misfocus
  • moment
  • sideline
  • unmindful
  • unwary
  • zone out
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
(Definition ofabsent-mindednessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabsent-mindedness

absent-mindedness
This was in no way due toabsent-mindedness.
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What we have tried to do in this model is to show that the dynamics of mistakes, orabsent-mindedness, are one and the same as those of "correct" responding.
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As intention to act may, for example, be swamped by a more potent new external cue, or a competing memory, giving rise to an episode ofabsent-mindedness.
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The painter seems to want it that way, wants ourabsent-mindednessas much as he wants us to pay no attention to him as a painter.
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We have acquired, almost in a fit ofabsent-mindedness, a new empire of financial power and financial services that gives us a colossal global reach.
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This did not happen in a fit ofabsent-mindedness.
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I hope that he will forgive my temporaryabsent-mindedness.
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But he has subsequently proved that that was a moment ofabsent-mindedness, and he is now firmly back in the "let it rip" camp.
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Let us be clear that long-term unemployment has not doubled following a fit ofabsent-mindednesson the part of politicians.
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That protects the innocent woman who may have got herself into this situation byabsent-mindedness, by her escort being late or because of various reasons.
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Governments sometimes have to save people from themselves—from their neglect,absent-mindednessor just ignorance of the potential dangers.
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We can only commiserate with those who do not have an "e" and regret their carelessness in losing it or theirabsent-mindednessin not having one in the first place.
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If an elderly pedestrian crosses the road and steps out immediately in front of a motor car owing toabsent-mindedness, he receives no compensation because it is his fault.
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Let us suppose that a person of good character who has never done anything wrong walks out of a supermarket in a moment ofabsent-mindednesscarrying something.
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You can overdoabsent-mindednessabout material things.
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