absently

adv.

1. 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。

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/。


1. ADJ 不在的；缺席的
   If someone or something is absent from a 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。
2. ADJ-GRADED 出神的;心不在焉的
   If someone appears absent, 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。
3. ADJ （父或母）不与子女一起住的
   An absent parent 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
4. VERB 使不在，使离开（本应在或通常在的地方）
   If someone absents themselves from a 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。
5. PREP 若没有；假设没有
   If you say that absent one 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。

1. She calls out to her children almost absently.
   她心不在焉地召唤她的孩子。
2. He read the letter absently.
   他茫然地读着这封信。
3. 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。
4. Voldemort stroked the creature absently with long thin fingers, still looking at Lucius Malfoy.
   伏地魔用他细长的手指心不在焉地敲击着它，目光仍旧盯着卢修斯·马尔福。
5. The boy kept on sorting his mail and answered absently," he's not here. "
   那孩子只管理他的信，随口答道：“他没有来。”
6. She was staring absently, thoughtfully; on a nearer view I could have certified she had been crying.
   她沉思地凝望着：走近一看，我敢保证她是在哭。
7. He stood absently for a while at the gate, half satisfied and half sorry.
   他怔怔地站在门口好一会儿，有几分得意，又有几分难受。
8. 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。
9. She gazed absently into the street.
   她出神地看着街上。
10. Absently, he thought to himself: this sloping is silent and scarless; it's just the way that red-faced lad is to his wife.
    他出神地想，这陕北高原对黄河的倾斜是默默的，不露痕迹的，就像红脸后生对他的蓝花花婆姨一样。
11. Following him absently, fan Po-wen asked," have you seen Pei-shan anywhere?"
    范博文本能地跟着走，一面又是那句问话：“你看见佩珊么？”
12. 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。
13. She smiled absently at Chang su-su.
    她无意中对张素素笑了一笑。
14. 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。
15. She absently twisted her wedding ring.
    她心不在焉地搓动着她的结婚戒指。
16. An aoudad absently pawing the mud and chewing.
    一只非洲野绵羊心不在焉地扒着泥土，咀嚼着。
17. 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。
18. He stared absently into the darkness outside the train window, a glowing cigarette between his fingers.
    他出神地凝视着车窗外的黑暗，手指间夹着一支闪着红光的烟。
19. Dobbins fingered his book absently for a while, then took it out and settled himself in his chair to read!
    杜宾斯先生把手伸进抽屉随便地摸了一会就拿出书，身体往椅子一靠看起来。
20. She continued to look absently at the sea.
    她仍心不在焉地望着大海。
21. ANN: ( disinterested; absently playing with a napkin) Thank you.
    安妮：（心不在焉地玩着餐巾）谢谢。
22. Leaning on the headboard he smoked several cigarettes, absently listening to the soft sound of his mother's breathing.
    他靠在床头吸了好几只烟，出神地倾听着那低柔的呼吸的声响。
23. 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。
24. She swatted at them absently when they landed on her arms.
    当它们停在她手臂上时，她便心不在焉地拍打它们。

adv

1. in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
   1. he read the letter absently

   Synonym:    abstractedlyinattentivelyabsentmindedly