1. | 漂浮;漂流if a boat or a person in a boat isadrift , the boat is not tied to anything or is floating without being controlled by anyone |
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 |
2. | 漫无目的;随波逐流;漂泊无依feeling alone and without a direction or an aim in life |
young people adrift in the big city 在大城市四处漂泊的年轻人 |
3. | 脱开;松开no longer attached or fixed in the right position |
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。 | |
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。 | |
Our plans had gone badly adrift. 我们的计划已严重受挫。 |
4. | ~ (of sb/sth) 分数落后;排名在后behind the score or position of your opponents |
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。 |