/??n.??ten.t??v.li/in a way that does not give enoughattentionto someone or something:不经意地Themajorityofminorroadaccidentswerecausedby someonedrivinginattentively.大部分的 轻微交通事故都是由有人开车注意力不集中造成的。Shesatinattentivelylookingout of thewindow.她坐着漫不经心地看着窗外。SeeinattentiveMore examples
Herepliedinattentively andcarelessly.
A Honolululawallowspolicetofinepeoplewhocrossthestreetinattentively while using aphone.
Adding up thefiguresinattentively, he made aseriouscalculationerror.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesNot paying attention
absent
absent-minded
absent-mindedly
absent-mindedness
absently
anyhow
dreamily
dreamy
drop/loweryourguardidiom
faraway
glazed
laxly
like a bull in a china shopidiom
merrily
misfocus
moment
sideline
unmindful
unwary
zone out
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