So engrossed had they been in their gossip that they had not heard her light tread and now, confronted by their hostess, they looked like whispering schoolgirls caught by a teacher.

们刚才专心致志在那里叽咕议论，没有听见媚兰轻盈的脚步，现在看见女主人站在面前，们就像小学生咬耳朵，被老师当场抓住了样。

The over-intellectual may spend hours parsing the distinction between freewill and determinism, they may devote themselves to interpreting Maxwell's theory of electricity and magnetism — and yet still be a novice when it comes to explaining their heart or avoiding a sulk.

过度聪明的人可能会花几小时来分析自由意志和决定论之间的区别，他们可能会专心致志去解释麦克斯韦的和磁理论——但在解释他们的内心或避免生闷气时，却仍然新手。

Six, if a person is really concentrated on a task, let's say they're in the middle of a serious phone conversation. You can extend your hand to them and get anything they're holding at the moment.

六，如果人真的在专心致志做件事，比方说他正在认真话。你可以向他们伸出你的手，拿走他们手中的任何东西。

Raskin left her job and dedicated herself to the bleating partygoers.

Raskin辞了的工作，专心致志于咩咩叫的派对。

She proved herself not only a capable, but a devoted nurse.

证明了自己不仅能干的、而且专心致志的护士。

We do this to prove we are hardworking or dedicated to something.

我们这样做为了证明我们对某事努力或专心致志。

You should pay close attention when driving.

开车时你应该要专心致志。

A healthy narcissist resides here at the top of the spectrum of self-absorption.

健康的自恋者处于光谱的最顶端，专心致志。

Then you just need to buckle down and study.

接下来你只需专心致志学习。

Now you might have this romantic idea that I was gazing intently through a telescope, pondering some gorgeous view of the universe.

你可能会脑补这样浪漫的场景，我专心致志透过望远镜凝视星空，徜徉在宇宙的美景中。

The purposeful, feverish atmosphere drove nearly everything but the OWLs from Harry's mind, though he did wonder occasionally during Potions lessons whether Lupin had ever told Snape that he must continue giving Harry Ooclumency tuition.

这种专心致志、焦虑不安的气氛几乎把0.w.Ls考试以外的事情全部赶出了哈利的脑子；不过在魔药课上，他有时琢磨卢平否跟斯内普谈过他定要接着教自己大脑封闭术。

But mark: aloft there, at the three mast heads, stand three men intent on spying out more whales, which, if caught, infallibly will again soil the old oaken furniture, and drop at least one small grease-spot somewhere.

在高处，在三根桅顶上，站着三人，专心致志瞭望着，想发现更多的鲸，旦捕到，保准又会弄脏那古老的橡木家什，并至少在什么方洒下滴油脂。

“But then...” Lupin muttered, staring at Black so intently it seemed he was trying to read his mind, “...why hasn't he shown himself before now?

“但，”卢平喃喃说，专心致志看着布莱克，像在解读他的心思，“为什么以前他没有露出真相？

There was something pathetic in his concentration as if his complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more.

他那副专心致志的劲头看上去有点可怜，似乎他那种自负的态度，虽然比往日还突出，但对他来说已经很不够了。

The place became full of a watchful intentness now; for when other things sank blooding to sleep the heath appeared slowly to awake and listen.

这时的荒原很警觉，副专心致志的样子；世间万物都已沉入梦乡，荒原却慢慢苏醒过来，屏息聆听。

Though he had little formal education and no background in science, he was a perceptive and dedicated observer and a technical genius.

尽管他几乎没有受过正规教育，也无任何科学背景，但却敏锐的专心致志的观察者和技术天才。

Like a scientist bent making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day the will be amply rewarded.

他必须有像专心致志进行探索的科学家那样抱着希望，自已的努力会得到丰厚的回报。

Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.

他必须像专心致志进行探索的科学家那样抱有这样的希望，即终有天，他的努力会取得丰硕的成果。

There is a necessary strength of character and ambition and single-mindedness. It takes someone really strong. That is Kate and Meghan.

“性格强大、野心和专心致志都必须的。这需要真正强大的人。那就凯特和梅根。”

She had been so engrossed with the job of making Tara produce she had paid little heed to what was going on in the world outside.

早已专心致志于塔拉的生产，因此不大关心外界发生的事。