adrift
adrift
adjective & adverb
adjective & adverb
- (of a boat or its passengers) floating without being either moored or steered[as adv.]
（小船或其乘客）漂流的（地），随波逐流的（地）
a cargo ship went adrift.
货船漂走了。
[as predic. adj.]the seamen are adrift in lifeboats.
海员们在救生艇里随波逐流。
■[as adv.](Brit. informal)no longer fixed in position
(英 非正式)松动的，漂移不定的
one of my fillings has come adrift.
我补牙的填充物有颗松动了。
■(figurative)(of a person) without purpose or guidance; lost and confused
(喻)（人）漫无目的的（地），缺乏引导的（地）；迷失漂泊的（地），困惑的（地）
[as predict. adj.]he was adrift in a strange country.
他在异国漂泊。
[as adv.]they were cast adrift in a sea of events.
他们迷失在一大堆事件中。
■(Brit. informal)not working or reasoning properly
(英 非正式)失灵，出错
[as adv.]the author comes adrift in tackling ethical issues.
作者在处理伦理问题上出现了偏差。
[as predict. adj]his instincts were not entirely adrift.
他的直觉不是完全不对。
■[as predic. adj](Brit. informal)failing to reach a target, typically a winning score in a sport contest
(英 非正式)未达到目标的（地）（尤指在体育比赛中比分获胜）
the team are three points adrift of the leaders.
该运动队比领先者差三分。
- late 16th cent.: from a- 'on, in' + drift
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