drift
v. 漂泊; 流動; 慢慢變化
n. 漂移,偏移; 趨勢; 要點
When something drifts somewhere, it is carried there by the movement of wind or water.
We proceeded to drift on up the river...
我們繼續向河流的上游漂流。
The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside...
不斷上升的氣球靜靜地飄過鄉間。
If someone or something drifts into a situation, they get into that situation in a way that is not planned or controlled.
We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values...
我們需要給那些無意間犯了罪的年輕人灌輸另一套價值觀。
She and her husband drifted apart and, eventually, they divorced...
她和她丈夫漸行漸遠,最後他們離婚了。
If you say that someone drifts around, you mean that they travel from place to place without a plan or settled way of life.
You've been drifting from job to job without any real commitment.
你一直在無目的地更換工作,從未真正投入進去。
A drift is a movement away from somewhere or something, or a movement towards somewhere or something different.
...the drift towards the cities.
湧向城市的趨勢
To drift somewhere means to move there slowly or gradually.
As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the cities.
由於農村的工廠紛紛裁員,人們逐漸流向城市。
If sounds drift somewhere, they can be heard but they are not very loud.
Cool summer dance sounds are drifting from the stereo indoors.
清涼的夏日舞曲的聲音從室內音響中傳了出來。
If snow drifts, it builds up into piles as a result of the movement of the wind.
The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep...
除了吹得堆積起來的地方,雪只有小腿肚深。
The storm caused severe drifting.
暴風雪造成了嚴重的積雪現象。
A drift is a mass of snow that has built up into a pile as a result of the movement of wind.
...a nine-foot snow drift.
9英尺深的雪堆
A drift of something is an amount of it that has been created by the movement of wind or water.
There was a drift of smoke above the trees.
樹林上空飄浮著一股煙。
The drift of an argument or speech is the general point that is being made in it.
Grace was beginning to get his drift...
格雷絲慢慢明白了他的意思。
Anybody who's listening will get the drift of what he was saying...
任何一個在專心聽的人都會領悟他所說的大意。
1. a force that moves something along
2. the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
3. a process of linguistic change over a period of time
4. something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
5. a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
6. general meaning or tenor;
7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
1. be in motion due to some air or water current;
2. wander from a direct course or at random;
3. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
4. vary or move from a fixed point or course;
5. live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely;
6. move in an unhurried fashion;
7. cause to be carried by a current;
8. drive slowly and far afield for grazing;
9. be subject to fluctuation;
10. be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current;
drift, float
這兩個動詞均有"漂流,漂浮"之意。
The sailors cast the boat off and allowed it to drift away on the tide.
水手解下纜繩,任船隨潮流漂走.
Is the Government's policy one of drift?
政府採取的是否放任自流的政策?
But we must not let this confidence drift into complacency.
但是,我們不能讓這種信心膨脹成自滿.
Actually the entire audience competes, praises the race horse to drift away outside team's tactical system.
其實全場比賽, 誇雷斯馬都遊離於球隊的戰術體系之外.
Droplet distribution uniformity, drift and coverage ratio are main indices of appraisingspray quality.
霧滴分佈均勻性 、 飄移性和對目標的覆蓋率是評價噴霧質量的主要指標.