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adriftBrE /əˈdrɪft/NAmE /əˈdrɪft/ adjective [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。(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。~ (of sb/sth)(especially BrE) (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。 ●cast/set sb adrift [usually passive] to leave sb to be carried away on a boat that is not being controlled by anyone 使漂流◆(figurative) Without language human beings are cast adrift. 人无语言则茫然无依。 |