adrift 英 [əˈdrɪft]   美 [əˈdrɪft]

adrift

adrift  英 [əˈdrɪft] 美 [əˈdrɪft]

adj. 漂泊的;漂浮着的  adv. 随波逐流地;漂浮着 

He turns you adrift on the world with surprising alacrity. 他以令人惊奇的喜爱任你在世上漂泊。
They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. 渔民们发现了他的小船漂浮在海面,那鱼网半栓挂在船上。

  • If something's adrift, it's floating, not tied down or anchored. A raft that's adrift on a river will float downstream.
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  • adj. 漂泊的;漂浮着的
  • adv. 随波逐流地;漂浮着
  • 1. He turns you adrift on the world with surprising alacrity.

    他以令人惊奇的喜爱任你在世上漂泊。

  • 2. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out.

    渔民们发现了他的小船漂浮在海面,那鱼网半栓挂在船上。

  • 3. The British prime minister told the European parliament that Britain "does not see itself as an island adrift from Europe but as a country at the centre of Europe".

    英国首相曾告诉欧洲议会,英国“不会把自己当作游离在欧洲大陆边缘的一个岛,而是一个位于欧洲中心的国家”。

  • adrift (adv.) "floating at random, at the mercy of currents," 1620s, from a- (1) "on" + drift (n.). Figurative use by 1680s.
adrift / əˈdrɪft ; NAmE əˈdrɪft / adjective [not before noun ] 1 if a boat or a person in a boat is adrift,the boat is not tied to anything or is floating without being controlled by anyone 漂浮;漂流 The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 2 ( BrE) (of a person ) feeling alone and without a direction or an aim in life 漫无目的;随波逐流;漂泊无依 young people adrift in the big city 在大城市四处漂泊的年轻人 3 no longer attached or fixed in the right position 脱开;松开 I nearly suffocated when the pipe on my breathing apparatus came adrift. 我的呼吸器上的管子脱落时,我差一点窒息。 ( figurative) She had been cut adriftfrom everything she had known. 她曾被迫与她熟悉的一切切断关系。 ( figurative) Our plans had gone badly adrift. 我们的计划已严重受挫。 4 adrift(of sb/sth) ( BrE) (in sport 体育运动 ) behind the score or position of your opponents 分数落后;排名在后 The team are now just six points adrift of the leaders. 现在该队得分比领先的队只落后六分。 IDIOM cast/set sb adrift [usually passive ] to leave sb to be carried away on a boat that is not being controlled by anyone 使漂流 ( figurative) Without language human beings are cast adrift. 人无语言则茫然无依。 adrift / əˈdrɪft ; NAmE əˈdrɪft /
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