be deep in thought

At first glance, Sir Winston appears to be scowling, though he could just be lost in deep thought.

乍一看，温斯顿似乎皱眉，虽然他可能只是沉浸在沉思中。

He appeared to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall.

他两眼盯着墙壁,好像在沉思着什么.

He seemed to be deep in thought.

他似乎陷入了沉思。

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

1983年诺贝尔医学奖的获得者遗传学家巴巴拉-麦克林托克早年的工作直到很多年后才被公众所承认但她并没有放弃实验工作对她来说是一种如此巨大的快乐，她从未想过要停止它。

It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.

它给了我与父亲交谈的机会，我开始深思熟虑、培养耐心。

I was deep in thought at my office preparing a lecture to be given that evening at a college across town, when the phone rang.

当我正在办公室冥思苦想地准备当晚要在城镇那头的一间学院讲课用的讲义时，电话铃响了。