He stared absently into the darkness outside the train window, a glowing cigarette between his fingers. 他出神地凝视着车窗外的黑暗,手指间夹着一支闪着红光的烟。
Wang Ho-fu sat there with a worried expression on his face, listening absently to what Chou Chung-wei was saying and glancing every now and then at the typist, as if he was not satisfied with his speed. 王和甫的神色有些儿焦灼,耳听着周仲伟的陈述,眼光频频向那打字员身上溜,似乎嫌他的工作太慢。
absently
[ adv ] in an absentminded or preoccupied manner <adv.all> he read the letter absently
Absently \Ab"sent*ly\, adv. In an absent or abstracted manner.
Only then, after he was gone, did Martina absently acknowledge to her sister that she'd ever noticed he'd been there.