If you are disengaged, you are not involved and not really interested. You feel separate from a class, a job, a relationship, or public life. A disengaged student may sit in the room but is somewhere else in their head. Teachers and managers like this word; it can sound a little clinical, as if a person were a machine that came unhooked.

If you are disengaged, you are not involved and not really interested如果你是disengaged的，代表你沒有參與其中，也沒有真正的興趣。You feel separate from a class, a job, a relationship, or public life你感覺自己和一堂課、一份工作、一段關係，或公共生活是分開的。A disengaged student may sit in the room but is somewhere else in their head一個disengaged的學生可能人坐在教室裡，但心思在別的地方。Teachers and managers like this word老師和主管很愛用這個字it can sound a little clinical, as if a person were a machine that came unhooked它聽起來有點冷淡、像在描述機器一樣，好像一個人是一台脫鉤的機器。

Though actually, the same shape is also used in a plain physical way: a disengaged clutch is simply not connected. People borrowed that picture for feelings.

Though actually, the same shape is also used in a plain physical way不過其實，同樣的形式也可以用在單純物理的意思上: a disengaged clutch is simply not connecteda disengaged clutch（脫離的離合器）就只是指沒有接上而已。People borrowed that picture for feelings人們把那個畫面借來形容感覺。

Being disengaged is not the same as being shy, tired, or quiet — a quiet student can still care deeply. And it is not “unemployed.” It is about attention and belonging, not about having a job. In careful talk it can sound kinder than “lazy,” because it names a state, not a moral failing; in careless talk it can still sting.

Being disengaged is not the same as being shy, tired, or quietdisengaged跟害羞、疲倦，或安靜不一樣a quiet student can still care deeply一個安靜的學生仍然可能非常在乎。And it is not "unemployed."而且它不是「失業」的意思。It is about attention and belonging, not about having a job它談的是注意力和歸屬感，不是有沒有工作。In careful talk it can sound kinder than "lazy,"在謹慎的用語裡，它聽起來比「lazy」（懶惰）友善because it names a state, not a moral failing因為它描述的是一種狀態，不是道德上的缺陷in careless talk it can still sting但如果講得不小心，它還是會刺傷人。