Both absent-minded doodling and copying from life have been shown to positively affect your memory and visual perception, so complain loudly the next time your school board slashes the art department's budget.

无论是心不在焉涂画还是描摹生活都能对你记忆和视觉感知力产生积极影响，所以，下一次学校董事会削减艺术学院预算时，请大声抗议。

I looked around to realize that the school had become populated while I'd been sitting there, absentminded.

我抬起头看四周，这才发觉在我心不在焉坐在这里时候，学校里已经挤满了人。

When he reached absently for his wand to remove the smudges, it ignited the parchment.

当他心不在焉拿出魔仗，想清除那些污点时，不料却把羊皮纸点着了。

Harry sat on his bed for a long time, absent-mindedly stroking Hedwig.

哈在床上坐了很久，心不在焉抚摸着海德薇。

Dumbledore began to tell Sirius everything Barty Crouch had said. Harry was only half listening.

邓布多开始向小天狼星原原本本讲述小巴蒂·克劳奇所说一切。哈心不在焉听着。

" It's New York. We call them gy-ros. It's Greek, " Joe said distractedly.

" 这里是纽约。 我们管这烤肉叫摘罗，是希腊。" 乔心不在焉说道。

Voldemort stroked the creature absently with long thin fingers, still looking at Lucius Malfoy.

伏魔用他细长手指心不在焉敲击着它，目光仍旧盯着卢修斯? 马尔福。

There was silence from the back of the wagon for a while and Carreen comforted her sister with absent-minded pats, for her mind was a long way off, riding paths three years old with Brent Tarleton beside her.

卡琳在安慰姐姐，心不在焉拍着姐姐肩背，因为她自己心思也到了遥远，仿佛布伦·塔尔顿坐在身边跟她一起沿着那条三年来老路在奔驰似。

The dominant partner may seem to only half-listen to their partner in a group conversation and will make eye contact with others in the group but not their partner as often.

在小组对话中，占主导位一似乎只会心不在焉听对说话，而且会与小组中其他人进行眼神交流，但不会经常与他们对话进行眼神交流。

And as a result, she's absent-mindedly dunked her hands in pots of boiling water, run around for days without noticing broken bones, and nearly chewed off her own tongue.

结果，她心不在焉把手浸泡在沸水里，跑来跑去几天都没有注意到骨折，并且差点咬掉自己舌头。

Almost absent-mindedly, Dumbledore raised his wand again, twirled it once in midair, and then caught the crystal goblet that he had conjured out of nowhere.

邓布多似乎是心不在焉又举起魔杖，在空中旋转了一下，变出一只高脚水晶酒杯抓在手里。

I stopped by to express my sympathies with Tom, and I...I remember looking at it, and I...I guess I absentmindedly put it in my pocket.

我路过向 Tom 表示慰问，我记得我看过它，我想我心不在焉把它放进口袋了。

Ove kicks distractedly at the asphalt.

欧维心不在焉踹着柏油面。

Have you ever found yourself at a restaurant spacing out just doing this over and over?

你是否曾经发现自己在餐厅里，心不在焉一再做这个动作？

Next to him, Ron was absent-mindedly turning his quill over and over in his fingers, staring at the same spot on the page.

在他旁边，罗恩心不在焉把羽毛笔在手指上转来转去，眼睛呆呆瞪着书上同一个。

Excuse me? Isn't this the point where the world-weary barkeep absentmindedly wipes down the bar and coaxes the woes out of the troubled patron?

劳驾 难道现在不是应该有一位厌世酒保心不在焉一边擦柜台 一边抚慰客人心中忧愁吗？

As he was walking near the radar equipment one day, he absent-mindedly stuck his hand in his shirt pocket-and found a gooey mess.

一天，当他走到雷达设备附近时，他心不在焉把手伸进衬衫口袋，发现了一团黏糊糊东西。

“As you can imagine, it is easy to switch on the autopilot and perform the task mindlessly, freeing ample room for mind wandering.”

“正如你想象，人们很容易变得麻木机械、心不在焉执行任务，而这给思绪提供了充足放飞空间。”

He was turning the note absently over in his fingers, looking gloomily enough at the parcel containing the lately-chosen shawl.

他心不在焉把票据在手指间翻来翻去，愁眉苦脸看着装着那条刚选好披肩包裹。

" What do you propose to do? " said Eustacia abstractedly, for she could not clear away from her the excitement caused by Wildeve's recent manoeuvre for an interview.

“你想做什么？”游苔莎心不在焉说道，因为她没能摆脱韦狄刚才为了要与她见面耍花招所引起兴奋。