adrift

adjective

/əˈdrɪft/

[not before noun]

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。
- Their boat had been set adrift.已让他们的船漂离。
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(of a person人) 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
- Without language, human beings are cast adrift.人无语言则茫然无依。
- She felt cast adrift in a vulgar, materialistic society.她感到在庸俗的、物质至上的社会中随波逐流。
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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 adrift from 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。
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adrift (of somebody/something) (especially British English) (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。

词源late 16th cent.: from a-, ‘on, in’ + drift.

词汇	adrift
释义	adrift adjective /əˈdrɪft/ /əˈdrɪft/ [not before noun] 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。 Their boat had been set adrift.已让他们的船漂离。 Topics Transport by waterc2 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be come go … preposition from in of … (of a person人) 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 Without language, human beings are cast adrift.人无语言则茫然无依。 She felt cast adrift in a vulgar, materialistic society.她感到在庸俗的、物质至上的社会中随波逐流。 Topics Feelingsc2 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be come go … preposition from in of … 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 adrift from 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。 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be come go … preposition from in of … adrift (of somebody/something) (especially British English) (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。词源late 16th cent.: from a-, ‘on, in’ + drift.
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