If you have ever absentmindedly put a teabag in the kettle, or poured orange juice on your cereal, blame it on a 'micro-nap'.

如果你泡茶时却昏头昏脑地把茶包扔进开水壶里，或冲燕麦粥时稀里糊涂把橙汁倒了进去，你的大脑此时很有可能处于“微睡眠”状态。

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My daughter had absentmindedly left her sneakers on our kitchen table.

我女儿心不在焉地把她的球鞋扔在厨房的桌子上。

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One turns on the radio while doing something else and absentmindedly bathes in the sound.

一个人做别的事情时打开收音机，心不在焉的沉浸在声音之中。

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This is a game where you get a little plastic device, it's got 15 plastic numbers on it and one hole in this little plastic board and you can move those numbers up, down, left to right, and the goal is to take what's a random assortment of tiles and arrange them in numeric order and that's one of these little things you can play sort of absentmindedly.

在这个游戏中，你会拿到一个可塑的装置，上面有15个数字和一个孔,你可以将数字上下移动，左右移动，目标就是,拿到一个随机的组合后,将其按数字顺序排列,这个你可以随便玩玩。

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Later, she absentmindedly emptied the contents of that purse into the collection cup of Billy Ray Harris, who is homeless and often stays under a bridge in Darling's hometown.

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" "People who grab food when they happen to think about it or absentmindedly snack instead of taking the time to sit down and eat don't do as well with diet quality and weight maintenance.

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