Professor Smith recently persuaded 35 people, 23 of them women, to keep a diary of all their absent minded actions for a fortnight.

史密斯教授最近说服了35人，其中23人是女性，在两周内让他们把自己所有心不在焉的行为记在日记里。

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A startling finding of the research is that the absent minded activity is a hazard of doing things in which we are skilled.

这项研究的一个惊人发现是，在做我们擅长的事情时心不在焉是危险的。

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In his later life he became even more absent-minded.

在晚年他变得更加心不在焉了。

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Was Mr. Cornelius just absent minded in not recording the deed or was he up to something ?

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Furthermore, much like the head of the absent-minded, the keyboard is infrequently lost because it is attached.

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You might call him absent-minded if you did not know that he has also been a sharp-eyed investment banker and an egregiously numerate shadow Treasury spokesman.

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