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a.driftE5drIftadj [after v], adv(of a boat) not tied up and therefore moving with the sea and wind, or (fig.) not controlled and without a clear purpose or direction漂流的，飘荡的，游荡的He spent three days adrift on his yacht.他在游艇上漂流了3天。(fig.) Da Silva plays a bright, bookish, lonely student from New York, adrift in small-town Arizona.达·席尔瓦饰演了一个来自纽约的聪明好学而又孤独的学生，在偏僻的亚里桑那州游荡。Someone had cut the boat adrift from its moorings.有人切断了系索，使船漂离停泊的地方。To cast / turn someone adrift is to send them away without any support or help.把某人逐出去，使某人漂泊无依He made a very emotive speech all about homeless children cast adrift by society.他作了一篇非常激动的关于被社会所抛弃的流浪儿童的演讲。(infml) To come / go adrift is to become loose.松开，脱落The hem of my skirt's come adrift again.我裙子的褶边又松开了。(infml) If plans go adrift they fail or do not produce the correct results.失败，出问题Something seems to have gone adrift in our calculations.我们的计算好像出了点问题。
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