| 释义 | have the attention span of a gnatidiom informal
 to be able to pay attention to something for only a very short time before becoming bored or starting to think about something else:
 Most teenagers seem to have the attention span of a gnat.
 Our governments feel safe in the knowledge that most of us have the attention span of a hyperactive gnat and will soon lose interest.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Not paying attention
 absent
 absent-minded
 absent-mindedly
 absent-mindedness
 absently
 drop/lower your guardidiom
 escape someone's notice
 faraway
 glazed
 gnat
 merrily
 misfocus
 moment
 moony
 not take a blind bit of noticeidiom
 sideline
 unmindful
 unwarily
 unwary
 zone out
 
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