distractedly
distractedly — 副詞
1. with your mind focused on something else while you carry out an action, so that
心不在焉地
因想著別事而無法專注的狀態
with your mind focused on something else while you carry out an action, so that you do not pay full attention to what is happening around you
Rin nodded distractedly while her father discussed the menu, her mind on the exam results.
Rin 心不在焉地點點頭，一邊聽父親討論菜單，心裡掛念著考試成績。
distractedly + nodded, describing absent-minded body language
Michael scrolled through his notes distractedly during the lecture, missing the professor's main argument.
Michael 在課堂上心不在焉地翻著筆記，錯過了教授的主要論點。
distractedly + verb of routine action (scrolled), missing something as a result
Ayesha answered distractedly, her gaze fixed on the rain running down the window pane.
Ayesha 心不在焉地回答，目光緊盯著窗外順著玻璃流下的雨水。
Lien stirred her tea distractedly, lost in thought about her grandmother's sudden illness.
Lien 心不在焉地攪著茶，陷在對祖母突然生病的思緒中。
Salma walked distractedly past the library entrance, missing her friend waving from the steps.
Salma 心不在焉地走過圖書館入口，沒有注意到朋友在台階上向她招手。
- absently
more about daydreaming or blankness rather than worry-driven distraction
- inattentively
broader — covers any lack of attention, not necessarily because one's thoughts are elsewhere
- vacantly
suggests a blank, expressionless state rather than active preoccupation
- attentively
with full focus and concentration
- carefully
with deliberate attention to detail
文法句型
[subject] [verb] + distractedly
distractedly + [verb] (rare initial position)
用法筆記
Most often modifies verbs of speech (answer, reply, mutter) and routine physical actions (nod, stir, scroll, eat), describing how someone carries out an activity while their mind is preoccupied with something else.