单词 | adrift |
释义 | adrift 1.(in boat)(在船上)漂浮的, 漂流的 They spent three hours adrift in a dinghy.他们在一艘小艇上漂流了3个小时。 Someone had cut the dinghy adrift and it had floated away on the current.有人割断了橡皮艇的绳索, 致其被水流冲走。 to cast adriftorto set adrift + boat, crew使漂流 The mutineers cast the officers adrift in a small boat.叛乱者把军官们放到一艘小船中, 任他们随水漂流。 2.(loose, detached)松动的;脱落的 One of the wires is adrift, which is why the light won't come on.有一根电线松了, 这就是灯不亮的原因。 to come adrift wire, rope, fastening +松动;脱落 The doll lost its arm when the stitching came adrift.缝线松脱, 布娃娃掉了一只胳膊。 to come adrift from sth从某处松脱 Three panels had come adrift from the wall.3块护墙板从墙上脱落了。 3.(amiss)出了差错的 to go adrift plan +出差错 We have seen this as an attempt to place the blame for a policy that has gone adrift.我们把这看作是企图把责任归咎于一个出了差错的政策。 4.(at a loss)+ person漫无目的的;茫然的 Marsha felt frustrated, frightened, adrift.玛莎觉得沮丧、恐惧和茫然。 Amy had the growing sense that she was adrift and isolated.埃米越来越觉得漫无目的, 形单影只。 5.(behind)(在比赛中)落后的 to be three goals/ten points adrift (of sb)落后(于某人)3个球∕10分 Aberdeen are nine points adrift of Rangers at the top of the Scottish League.阿伯丁队落后位于苏格兰联赛榜首的流浪者队9分。 |
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