And we usually call it absentmindedness, but what's really happening is we're experiencing a lapse in executive function.

我们通常称之为心不在焉，但真正发生的是我们正在经历执行功能的失误。

Looking sideways to see how Searle was taking this odd wooing, Walter was delighted to observe a sort of absentmindedness in Searle as he consumed his beer.

沃尔特侧身看看塞尔是如何接受这种奇怪的求爱的，沃尔特很高兴地观察到塞尔喝啤酒时的一种心不在焉。

It has often been said that the British acquired their empire in a fit of absentmindedness, as consequence of automatic trends, yielding to what seemed possible and what was tempting, rather than as a result of deliberate policy.

经常有人说，英国是在心不在焉的情况下取得" 大英帝国" 的，这是自动潮流的结果，完全出于可能性和尝试性，而不是刻意建立的政策结果。

The degree of absentmindedness was beautifully graded, Walter noticed; any more would have laid him open to the charge of rudeness and so put him in the wrong, any less might not have been obvious enough to sting Tullis.

沃尔特注意到，心不在焉的程度分级得很漂亮。如果再多一点，他就会受到粗鲁无礼的指控，从而使他犯错，再少一点可能就不会明显到刺痛图利斯的地步。