absently

英 [ˈæbsəntli]

美 [ˈæbsəntli]

adv.  心不在焉地; 出神地

BNC.17787 / COCA.14500

牛津词典

adv.

• 心不在焉地；出神地
  in a way that shows you are not looking at or thinking about what is happening around you
  1. He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen.
     他专心注视着屏幕，只是心不在焉地点了点头。

柯林斯词典

The adjective and preposition are pronounced /'æbsənt/. The verb is pronounced /æb'sent/. 形容词和介词读作 /'æbsənt/。动词读作 /æb'sent/。


• ADJ 不在的；缺席的
  If someone or something isabsent froma place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
  1. He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...
     他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。
  2. The pictures, too, were absent from the walls...
     那些画也不在墙上了。
  3. Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly.
     士兵若未报到将被视为擅离职守而受处分。
• ADJ-GRADED 出神的;心不在焉的
  If someone appearsabsent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else.
  1. 'Nothing,' Rosie said in an absent way.
     “没什么，”罗茜心不在焉地说。
• ADJ （父或母）不与子女一起住的
  Anabsentparent does not live with his or her children.
  1. ...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children.
     那些不在子女身边、未能支付抚养费的父亲
• VERB 使不在，使离开（本应在或通常在的地方）
  If someoneabsents themselves froma place where they should be or where they usually are, they do not go there or they do not stay there.
  1. She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose...
     她长大了，可以自己做主不来吃午餐了。
  2. He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.
     在军事法庭上他对自己擅离职守表示服罪。
• PREP 若没有；假设没有
  If you say thatabsentone thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen.
  1. Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.
     假如得不到解决，像休·戈弗雷这样的人就会一直坚持斗争下去。

英英释义

adv

• in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
  1. he read the letter absently
  Synonym:abstractedlyinattentivelyabsentmindedly

双语例句

• She gazed absently into the street.
  她出神地看着街上。
• A bird streaked across the misty sky and, absently, I turned it into an airplane and then that airplane into many in the skies of France, shattering the artillery park under a rain of bombs.
  一只鸟掠过窗外灰色的天空，我在想像中把它化为一架飞机，再把这架飞机化成许多架，在法国的天空精确地投下炸弹，摧毁了炮队。
• One day, as he sat on the ground by a spring, looking absently into the water and thinking of his lost sister, he saw a face like hers, looking up at him.
  一天，他坐在溪旁毫无心思看着流水想念他失去的妹妹时，他看到一张像她的面孔正在注视着他。
• He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen.
  他专心注视着屏幕，只是心不在焉地点了点头。
• Said Scarlett absently, trying to peer through the crowd of arguing men to where Ashley still sat talking at melanie's feet.
  思嘉心不在焉地说，一面将眼光穿过正辩论的人群朝艾希礼仍坐在媚兰脚边谈话的那个地方望去。
• He read the letter absently.
  他茫然地读着这封信。
• Sitting cross-legged, sunlight and shadows of pomegranate leaves dancing on his face, Hassan absently plucked blades of grass from the ground as I read him stories he couldn't read for himself.
  哈桑盘腿坐着，阳光和石榴叶的阴影在他脸上翩翩起舞。我念那些他看不懂的故事给他听，他心不在焉地摘着地上杂草的叶片。
• She absently twisted her wedding ring.
  她心不在焉地搓动着她的结婚戒指。
• When we were alone there were times when I found myself absently staring at the way her neck curves, the curious shape of her ears, her slender fingers, her small hands.
  有好多次我们独处时，我出神地看着她脖子上弯曲的纹路，好奇她耳朵的形状，纤细的手指，还有她的小手。
• She calls out to her children almost absently.
  她心不在焉地召唤她的孩子。