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单词 adrift
释义
adrift
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adjadv

If something's adrift, it's floating, not tied down or anchored. A raft that's adrift on a river will float downstream.
If a ship goes adrift, it meanders off course, simply traveling with the water rather than on a charted course. Likewise, if you feel your life has gone figuratively adrift, you may have lost track of your plans and feel like you're wandering without a purpose. The word adrift comes from the sense of drift that means "a slow movement from one place to another," from an Old Norse root word.
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USAGE EXAMPLES
Arsenal, in fourth, are two adrift of City before their game against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
BBC(Dec 31, 2016)
Should they appoint the right man and back him financially, they are not yet so far adrift as to be beyond salvation.
The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)
Just 16 nautical miles adrift is the big overnight mover, New Zealand entry Giacomo.
The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016)
1adj afloat on the surface of a body of water
after the storm the boats were adrift
Syn
afloat
borne on the water; floating
2adj aimlessly drifting
Syn
afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
purposeless
not evidencing any purpose or goal
3adv floating freely; not anchored
the boat wasset adrift
4adv off course, wandering aimlessly
there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift
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