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adrift adv.漂流地；漫无目的地adj.漂泊的；漫无目的的；松开的 (1) 这条船漂流了两天两夜。(2) 你的笔帽松了，很快就要掉了。(3) 她把绳索解开，放开小船。 If a ship goes adrift, it meanders off course, simply traveling with the water rather than on a charted course. Likewise, if you feel your life has gone figuratively adrift, you may have lost track of your plans and feel like you're wandering without a purpose. The word adrift comes from the sense of drift that means "a slow movement from one place to another," from an Old Norse root word.

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英 [ə'drɪft] 美 [ə'drɪft] (1) The boat was all adrift for two days and nights.(2) The top of your pen is going adrift and will soon fall.(3) She untied the rope and set the boat adrift. If something's adrift, it's floating, not tied down or anchored. A raft that's adrift on a river will float downstream. 1[ADJ 形容词]漂浮着的；漂流着的 If a boat is adrift, it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or controlled by anyone.   [v-link ADJ]They were spotted after three hours adrift in a dinghy.他们在小舢板上漂浮了3个小时后才被发现。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]茫然的；无所适从的 If someone is adrift, they feel alone with no clear idea of what they should do.   [v-link ADJ]Amy had the growing sense that she was adrift and isolated.埃米愈发感到自己孤立无援，孑然一身。3[ADJ 形容词]脱落的；脱开的 If something comes adrift, it is no longer attached to an object that it should be part of.   [v-link ADJ]  [BRIT 英]Three insulating panels had come adrift from the base of the vehicle.车子底盘的3块隔热板已经脱落了。4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]分数落后的；排名在后的 In sporting competitions, if a team or a player is adrift of their rivals, they are behind them, usually by a specified number of points or by a specified distance.   [v-link ADJ]  [BRIT 英]Aberdeen are nine points adrift of Rangers at the top of the Scottish League.在苏格兰足球联赛中，亚伯丁队比排在首位的流浪者队落后9分。5[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]出了问题的 If something has gone adrift, it is no longer happening in the way that was intended.   [v-link ADJ]We have seen this as an attempt to place the blame for a policy that has gone adrift.我们已经认识到，这是把责任归咎于一项已偏离方向的政策的一种企图。

英语单词	adrift
英美音标	英 [ə'drɪft] 美 [ə'drɪft]
中文释义	adv.漂流地；漫无目的地 adj.漂泊的；漫无目的的；松开的
英语例句	(1) The boat was all adrift for two days and nights. (2) The top of your pen is going adrift and will soon fall. (3) She untied the rope and set the boat adrift.
中文例句	(1) 这条船漂流了两天两夜。 (2) 你的笔帽松了，很快就要掉了。 (3) 她把绳索解开，放开小船。
vocabulary简明	If something's adrift, it's floating, not tied down or anchored. A raft that's adrift on a river will float downstream.
vocabulary扩展	If a ship goes adrift, it meanders off course, simply traveling with the water rather than on a charted course. Likewise, if you feel your life has gone figuratively adrift, you may have lost track of your plans and feel like you're wandering without a purpose. The word adrift comes from the sense of drift that means "a slow movement from one place to another," from an Old Norse root word.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]漂浮着的；漂流着的 If a boat is adrift, it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or controlled by anyone. [v-link ADJ] They were spotted after three hours adrift in a dinghy. 他们在小舢板上漂浮了3个小时后才被发现。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]茫然的；无所适从的 If someone is adrift, they feel alone with no clear idea of what they should do. [v-link ADJ] Amy had the growing sense that she was adrift and isolated. 埃米愈发感到自己孤立无援，孑然一身。 3 [ADJ 形容词]脱落的；脱开的 If something comes adrift, it is no longer attached to an object that it should be part of. [v-link ADJ] [BRIT 英] Three insulating panels had come adrift from the base of the vehicle. 车子底盘的3块隔热板已经脱落了。 4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]分数落后的；排名在后的 In sporting competitions, if a team or a player is adrift of their rivals, they are behind them, usually by a specified number of points or by a specified distance. [v-link ADJ] [BRIT 英] Aberdeen are nine points adrift of Rangers at the top of the Scottish League. 在苏格兰足球联赛中，亚伯丁队比排在首位的流浪者队落后9分。 5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]出了问题的 If something has gone adrift, it is no longer happening in the way that was intended. [v-link ADJ] We have seen this as an attempt to place the blame for a policy that has gone adrift. 我们已经认识到，这是把责任归咎于一项已偏离方向的政策的一种企图。

Adrift [V Link Adj Boat Feel Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Top