absently

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

"We're all going to lose," said Crowley absently.
“我們都要輸了，”尅魯利心不在焉地答複著。
Levitt wonders absently, in a tone that suggests no personal investment in the outcome, while Dubner mops up the puddle.
李維特用一種建議在最後不要進(jìn)行個(gè)人投資的語氣心不在焉地說道，而這時(shí)候，達(dá)博納正在擦掉地板上的汙漬。
"Yes'm," Miller said absently. He lifted one of Wolf's fore legs and examined the foot-pads, pressing them and denting them with his thumb.
米勒心不在焉地說道：“是的”，他將霧虎的一衹前腳擡起檢查腳掌，他用拇指壓了壓後說道：“太軟了，他很長時(shí)間沒走路了。”

He is looking at them as they absently sift sand with their hands, and imagining them as children in cotton hats, pouring sand from one bucket to another as their parents talk over and around them.
NEWYORKER: Brother on Sunday

as if you are not paying attention to what is happening near you, and are thinking about other things