adrift
英 [ə'drɪft]
美[ə'drɪft]
- adj. 漂泊的;漂浮着的
- adv. 随波逐流地;漂浮着
中文词源
adrift 漂浮
来自短语 on drift.
英英释意
- 1. aimlessly drifting
- 2. afloat on the surface of a body of water;
- "after the storm the boats were adrift"
英文词源
- adrift (adv.)
- 1620s, from a- (1) "on" + drift. Figurative use by 1680s.
考试真题
- In 2011 they released a landmark study titled Academically Adrift, which documented the lack of intellectual growth experienced by many people enrolled in college.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- In 2011 they released a landmark study titled "Academically Adrift", which documented the lack of intellectual growth experienced by many people enrolled in college.
2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
实用场景例句
- (figurative)Without language human beings are cast adrift.
- 人无语言则茫然无依。
牛津词典
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days.
- 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
牛津词典
- young people adrift in the big city
- 在大城市漂泊的年轻人
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- (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。
牛津词典
- (figurative)Our plans had gone badly adrift.
- 我们的计划已严重受挫。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The KAZ 11 was spotted adrift on the outer Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday.
- kaz11号(文中的游艇)期三被发现浮游于大堡礁外的海面上.
期刊摘选
- The captain was set adrift by his roguish crew.
- 船长被他无赖的船员扔到水里随波漂流.
期刊摘选
- The storm drove the ship forward shearing its anchor line and setting it adrift.
- 暴风雨刮动着船,绷断了缆绳,使船只飘浮无依.
期刊摘选
- In the country the vast electorate was restless and adrift.
- 在国内,广大的选民浮躁不安,旁徨而无所适从.
辞典例句
- Her turned his son adrift in a snowstorm.
- 他将儿子逐出家门,让他在暴风雪里四久漂泊.
期刊摘选
- The fisherman cast off the rope and set the boat adrift.
- 渔夫解开缆绳,让船漂流而去.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is something of a lost soul, adrift in London, until he's introduced to Holmes.
- 他就像一个迷失的灵魂, 飘荡在伦敦街头, 直到他结识了福尔摩斯.
期刊摘选
- The top of your pen is going adrift and will soon fall.
- 你的笔帽松了,很快就要掉了.
期刊摘选
- They returned to find that someone had cut their boat adrift.
- 他们回来时发现有人切断了缆绳任船在水中漂流.
《简明英汉词典》
- The ship was adrift on the high seas.
- 那艘船在公海上飘流.
《简明英汉词典》
- They set a boat adrift.
- 他们让船漂走了.
期刊摘选
- She had been cut adrift from everything she had known.
- 她远离了她所熟知的一切.
《简明英汉词典》
- I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift.
- 呼吸器上的管子脱落时,我差点给憋死.
《简明英汉词典》
- The storm set the boat adrift.
- 风暴使那条船漫无目标地飘流.
《简明英汉词典》
- A group of chin strap penguins lines the edge of an iceberg adrift in Antarctic waters.
- 一群帽企鹅排成一行在南极洲水域的一块漂流冰山的边缘.
期刊摘选
- You also have your own ideas and don't like to be adrift.
- 你有自己独特的见解,不喜欢随波逐流.
期刊摘选