I think we're meant to understand that he is so focused on the question of redemption that he fails to see anything else; he fails to see anyone else in his preoccupation with that problem.

我想我们得知道,他正被救赎的问题所困扰,在他被次纠缠时,他看不到任何事;,也看不到任何人。

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He doesn't at first hear the horn fail to blow, and then later, when a truck pulls up behind him, he fails to hear a horn that does blow: He was looking at the sign, and he didn't hear the horn.

在一开始,是他没有注意到这点，到后来卡车停在身后时，他连响的喇叭都听不到了：,“他看着那个标牌，以至于没听到喇叭声。

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