You're his parent. I'm just an absentminded academic who's never had children.

你是他亲娘，我只不过是个脑子糊涂又从未有过孩子的老学究。

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地坐在这里的时候，学校里已经挤满了人。

Connie, despite appearances, I'm not some stereotypical absentminded professor who can't take care of a houseplant.

康妮，别看我这副样子，我可不是那种昏头昏脑的教授，连家里的绿植都照顾不好。

It served me right for being so absentminded.

我如此心不在焉是对的。

We use this to describe someone who is a little bit absentminded.

我们用这个来形容有点心不在焉的人。

I'm not usually absentminded, you know.

我通常不会心不在焉，你知道的。

Pete says, " I'm not usually absentminded, you know."

皮特说，“我通常不会心不在焉， 你知道的。

In the past it was seen as a mindless activity and a product of the absentminded.

在过去，它被视为一种无意识的活动和心不在焉的产物。

And Walter smiled into his beer, and Leslie Searle was gentle and polite and a little absentminded.

沃尔特对着他的啤酒微笑，莱斯利塞尔温和而有礼貌，有点心不在焉。

Actually, he says, " I'm not usually absentminded, you know." Charlize says, " Right." She says, " Right, "

实际上，他说，“我通常不心不在焉， 你知道的。 ” 查理兹说，“对。

That would be an absentminded professor.

那将是一个心不在焉的教授。

" To be absentminded" means to be forgetful – not to be paying attention to what's going on around you.

“心不在焉” 的意思是健忘——不注意周围发生的事情。

" To be absentminded" (one word) means to be forgetful, to be easily distracted, not to be able to remember things.

“心不在焉” （一个词）的意思是健忘， 容易分心，记不住事情。

Well, here Pete is saying that he is not absentminded.

好吧，这里皮特是在说他没有心不在焉。

'Oh, ' said Miss Easton-Dixon in absentminded encouragement, while she transferred the eggs to a tenpenny white bowl that she had painted with poppies and corn.

“哦，”伊斯顿-狄克逊小姐心不在焉地鼓励说，同时她把鸡蛋转移到一个十便士的白色碗里，碗上画着罂粟花和玉米。

Hopelessly absentminded, he often forgot his apartment key (even on his wedding night), lost luggage, forgot to eat, and used money as a bookmark (then lost the book).

无可救药地心不在焉， 他经常忘记公寓钥匙（甚至在新婚之夜），丢失行李，忘记吃饭，用钱当书签（然后丢了书）。

Charlie was absentminded at dinner, worried over something at work, I guessed, or maybe a basketball game, or maybe he was just really enjoying the lasagna-it was hard to tell with Charlie.

吃晚餐时查理有些心不在焉，不仅仅是在担心着工作上的事，我猜，也许是一场篮球赛，也许他只是真的很喜欢意大利菜——很难说查理在担心什么。

There's an old expression about the absentminded professor, the idea is that university professors are so busy with their intellectual tasks that they forget to do basic things like get their car washed or buy food to make dinner.

关于心不在焉的教授有一个古老的说法，意思是大学教授忙于他们的智力任务， 以至于他们忘记了做一些基本的事情， 比如洗车或买食物做晚饭。