absent-minded
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌabsent-ˈminded adjective FORGETlikely to forget things, especially because you are thinking about something else 心不在焉的，健忘的 SYN forgetful Grandad’s been getting rather absent-minded lately. 爷爷最近变得越发健忘了。 —absent-mindedly adverb —absent-mindedness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
absent-minded• He's a brilliant scientist but hopelessly absent-minded.• Anderson is, to begin with, absent-minded.• Does it reflect your belief that you are hopelessly absent-minded?• A charming if somewhat absent-minded companion.• The thought played over and over in her mind as she waved an absent-minded farewell and drove off into the night alone.• Thankfully their absent-minded forwards kept the score to a respectable 3-1.• Stephen gave an absent-minded nod and hurried off to solve the next problem.• Eddie turned out to be a pretty absent-minded pal of the road.• Ron's being his normal absent-minded self.• I take an absent-minded sip from the mug beside me.ˌabsent-ˈminded adjectiveChineseSyllable
thinking especially forget because you to things, likely are Corpus
absent-minded
ˌabsent-ˈminded
adjective
likely to forget things, especially because you are thinking about something else
SYN forgetful:
Grandad’s been getting rather absent-minded lately.
—absent-mindedly adverb
—absent-mindedness noun [uncountable]
ˌabsent-ˈminded
adjectivelikely to forget things, especially because you are thinking about something else
SYN forgetful:
—absent-mindedly adverb
—absent-mindedness noun [uncountable]