To be physically removed from a position of power or influence, yet still mentally preoccupied with it or harboring ambitions to return.
尽管他辞去了高管职位，选择回到乡下生活，但每当公司有重大决策时，他还是会忍不住去关注，真是身在江湖，心存魏阙啊。
Although he resigned from his executive position and chose to live in the countryside, whenever the company had major decisions, he couldn't help but pay attention; he was truly "physically away but mentally preoccupied with the center of influence."
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