I tried hard to teach her my sign language, but she was dull and inattentive.

于是我努力教她我的“手势语言”，但是她总是反应迟钝，心不在焉。

ADD's an outdated term used prior to 1987, after which it evolved into ADHD to encompass more of the symptoms that people with ADHD often experience, which in addition to being inattentive, includes both hyperactivity and impulsiveness.

ADD是一个过时的术语，在1987年前使用，之后改成了ADHD以涵盖该病患者会出现的更多症状：除了注意力不集中之外，还有多和冲。

There are many answers, but one is that we have become too enthralled by the eureka myth and, more to the point, too inattentive to all the things that must follow a eureka moment.

答案有很多，但答案之一是我们过沉迷于“发现”的神话，更确切地说，对“发现”之后的所有过疏忽。

Oh, you're hardly out of the woods, no. You still run the risk of infection, a blood clot, the possibility that an inattentive surgeon let a barn spider lay eggs in your nose.

你别以为自己脱离险境了。你还有可能手术感染，出现血栓，还有手术疏忽使得蜘蛛爬进你的鼻子产卵的险。

If you were less consistently cared for with parental figures who varied between being overprotective and inattentive, then you may have developed one of two insecure attachment styles.

如果父母对你的照顾是在过度保护和漫不经心之间摇摆不定，那么你可能已经形成了两种不安全的依恋类型中的一种。

Symptoms are categorized as inattentive or hyperactive, but people can experience both in all sorts of forms - which means there is a spectrum of presentations.

症状分为注意力不集中或多，但人们可以以各种形式体验这两种症状——这意味着表现形式多种多样。

But what of inattentive voters? Or those in a hurry? Or the short-sighted? They might easily end up funding the side they dislike.

但是对于粗心的，或匆匆忙忙的，或目光短浅的选民又有什么用呢？他们可能轻易地资助了他们不喜欢的人。

The inattentive symptoms include things like making careless mistakes, having trouble listening, and being easily distracted or forgetful.

注意力不集中的症状包括疏失犯错、听不清楚、容易分心或健忘。

Boredom has been linked to behavior issues including inattentive driving, mindless snacking, excessive drinking and addictive gambling.

无聊一直都被认为与行为问题有关，包括分心驾驶、机械进食、过度饮酒和赌博上瘾。

Franklin noted that quiet vehicles can also present dangers to inattentive individuals walking around New York City.

富兰克林指出，安静的车辆也会给在纽约市走的粗心大意的人带来危险。

The more adenosine latching onto receptors in your brain, the more tired and inattentive you become.

越多腺苷附着在你的大脑受体上，你就越感到疲乏和无法集中注意力。

Inattentive and hyperactive-impulse have a set of nine symptoms.

注意缺陷和多/冲各有9项症状。

But in this case, a big one is that a number of studies have found that males are more likely to exhibit those hyperactive symptoms, and females are more likely to display inattentive ones.

但在这种况下，一个很大的问题是，许多研究发现，男性更容易表现出这些过度活跃的症状，而女性则更容易表现出注意力不集中的症状。

The researchers found that the presence of sleep onset insomnia that delay in falling asleep was more present in those who had ADHD with hyperactivity, as opposed to those who were primarily inattentive.

研究人员发现，睡眠引发失眠，即睡眠延迟，在多症多症患者中更为常见，而不是那些主要注意力不集中的人。

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for mental disorders, the fifth edition, the most recent update being in 2013, ADHD is split into these three subtypes: inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, or both.

根据最新的《美国精神障碍诊断与统计手册》第五版（DSM-5）更新于2013年，ADHD分为三种亚型：主要表现为注意缺陷、主要表现为多/冲，及两者兼有的组合表现。

For example, someone with the inattentive subtype might make careless mistakes, or not listen, or be easily distracted; and someone with the hyperactivity and impulsive subtype might fidget, or squirm around, or get up from their chair often.

例如，主要表现为注意缺陷的患儿可能会粗心大意或无法倾听，或很容易分神；主要表现为多/冲的患儿可能会手脚个不停，或在座位上扭，或被要求坐在座位上时却经常离座。

Alright, but what causes someone to be hyperactive, or impulsive, or inattentive?

好的，但到底是什么导致他们过度活跃、冲或注意力不集中呢？

I'm not very good at taking care of pets because I'm inattentive.

我不擅长照顾宠物，因为我注意力不集中。

Mrs. Deering, bent above a pile of dis-collared shirts, shook an inattentive head.

迪林夫人弯腰看着一堆没有领子的衬衫， 漫不经心地摇了摇头。

She had come in so gently, that he had never heard her; the street noises had been more distinct to his inattentive ear than her slow movements, in her soft muslin gown.

她进来时是那么轻柔，他根本没听见。在他漫不经心的耳朵里，街上的嘈杂声比她穿着柔软的平纹细布长裙的缓慢作更清晰。