沒放心思，於是出錯
少了那一拍注意力，最直接的結果就是事情做壞了——這是這個字最常被用的位置。
not paying enough attention · adjective · B1
Not giving enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes or break, lose or damage things.
粗心的；馬虎的
核心畫面
A hand that does not slow down. Care is the extra attention you pay before you act — checking, adjusting, watching where the cup goes. Take that attention away and the action still happens, just without the pause. Everything this word does comes from that missing pause: sometimes the cup breaks, sometimes the hair falls beautifully, sometimes the danger is simply not looked at.
一隻不放慢的手。care 是你動手前多花的那一份注意力——先確認、先調整、先看好杯子要放哪裡。把那份注意力抽掉，動作…更多收起
一隻不放慢的手。care 是你動手前多花的那一份注意力——先確認、先調整、先看好杯子要放哪裡。把那份注意力抽掉，動作照樣完成，只是中間少了停頓那一拍。這個字的每個用法都是從「少了那一拍」長出來的：有時候杯子就摔了，有時候頭髮反而落得好看，有時候只是根本沒去看那個危險。Three branches
沒刻意安排，於是自然
同樣是少了那一拍，但這次少掉的是「刻意設計」，結果不是壞掉而是好看——因為看起來不像安排過的。
natural and unplanned looking · adjective · B2
Looking natural and easy, because it was not planned and no effort was spent on how it would look.
隨性自然的；不刻意的
沒放在心上，於是不管
把「沒去注意」從手上移到心裡：不是操作出錯，而是你根本不在意事情會怎樣，於是照樣往前走。
unconcerned; unbothered · adjective · B2
Not worried or bothered about something, so that you carry on and let it happen.
不在乎的；不顧…的
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
carelesslyadv/ˈkɛɹləsli/
- 1
Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly.
- The papers were carelessly strewn on the table.
- Let us try to imagine the qualms of some Fifth Avenue florist if he could but see so many potential boutonnières, at a dollar apiece, so carelessly heaped up in baskets, lining the dingy pavement.
- 2
Done without care or attention; inattentively.
- Distracted by the salesperson, he carelessly read the contract.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。