inattentively
/ˌɪnəˈtentɪvli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪnəˈtentɪvli/ (ame, ipa)
inattentively — 副詞
1. while letting your mind wander or focus on other things rather than properly not
心不在焉地
做事時心思飄走、沒有專心留意的樣子
while letting your mind wander or focus on other things rather than properly noticing or thinking about what is in front of you.
Defne listened inattentively as the lecturer described the long history of the canal.
Defne 心不在焉地聽著講師講述這條運河的悠久歷史。
verb + inattentively for describing how an action was carried out
Henrik flipped through the report inattentively, missing the warning on the second page.
Henrik 心不在焉地翻閱那份報告，沒看到第二頁上的警告。
adverb shows the result clause that follows
The night-shift nurse checked the monitor inattentively after working twelve hours straight.
值夜班的護理師連續工作十二小時後，心不在焉地查看著監測儀。
Hyun nodded inattentively while scrolling through messages on her phone.
Hyun 一邊滑著手機上的訊息，一邊心不在焉地點頭。
Drivers who use a phone inattentively often miss the lights changing at the junction.
心不在焉地使用手機的駕駛人，常常會錯過路口號誌的變換。
- absent-mindedly
stronger sense of being mentally elsewhere
- distractedly
emphasises that something specific is pulling attention away
- carelessly
wider; includes not bothering, not just not noticing
- attentively
with focused, alert attention
- carefully
with deliberate notice and thought
文法句型
verb + inattentively
inattentively + verb
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person performing a routine action (listening, reading, driving, watching); the adverb signals that the action happened but the mind was elsewhere.