absent-mindedness
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/ us/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/
走神|恍惚
a lack of attention to what you are doing or what is happening around you because you are thinking about other things
In a moment of absent-mindedness, she threw her keys in the bin. 一时走神，她把钥匙扔进了垃圾筒。
It was no accident - no fit of absent-mindedness. 这绝非偶然，是心不在焉。
See: absent-minded
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- Absent-mindedness is just the start of memory problems.
- He combined intellectual brilliance with acute absent-mindedness.
- She blamed failing to turn up for the appointment on absent-mindedness.