drift

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英[dr?ft]
美[dr?ft]

基本釋義

v.
漂泊; 流動; 慢慢變化
n.
漂移,偏移; 趨勢; 要點

詞性變化

實用例句

The crowd drifted away from the scene of the accident.

人群漸漸從事故現(xiàn)場散去。

牛津詞典

Her gaze drifted around the room.

她用目光緩緩掃視了一下室內(nèi)。

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I didn't intend to be a teacher─I just drifted into it.

我并沒想過當(dāng)老師——只是順其自然就當(dāng)了。

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He hasn't decided what to do yet─he's just drifting.

他還沒決定做什么——只是順其自然。

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The conversation drifted onto politics.

談話不知不覺就轉(zhuǎn)到政治方面來了。

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Finally she drifted into sleep.

最后她不知不覺地睡著了。

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The empty boat drifted out to sea.

空船向海上漂去。

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Clouds drifted across the sky.

朵朵浮云在空中飄過。

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Do you catch my drift ?

你明白我的大意嗎?

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My German isn't very good, but I got the drift of what she said.

我的德語不太好,但我大致明白她說的意思。

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Plant daffodils in informal drifts.

隨便種幾叢黃水仙。

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The road was blocked by deep drifts of snow.

道路被風(fēng)吹來的厚厚積雪阻塞。

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He knew the hidden drifts in that part of the river.

他對那段河道中的暗流非常清楚。

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the general direction of drift on the east coast

東海岸海水的總體流向

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attempts to halt the drift towards war

制止逐步走上戰(zhàn)爭道路的努力

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a population drift away from rural areas

農(nóng)村地區(qū)的人口外流

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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(lǐng)悟他所說的大意。

Grace was beginning to get his drift...

格雷絲慢慢明白了他的意思。

There was a drift of smoke above the trees.

樹林上空飄浮著一股煙。

...a nine-foot snow drift.

9英尺深的雪堆

The storm caused severe drifting.

暴風(fēng)雪造成了嚴重的積雪現(xiàn)象。

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。

Cool summer dance sounds are drifting from the stereo indoors.

清涼的夏日舞曲的聲音從室內(nèi)音響中傳了出來。

As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the cities.

由于農(nóng)村的工廠紛紛裁員,人們逐漸流向城市。

...the drift towards the cities.

涌向城市的趨勢

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。

She and her husband drifted apart and, eventually, they divorced...

她和她丈夫漸行漸遠,最后他們離婚了。

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。

The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside...

不斷上升的氣球靜靜地飄過鄉(xiāng)間。

We proceeded to drift on up the river...

我們繼續(xù)向河流的上游漂流。

真題例句

Scholars warn that Antarctica's political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continent's treaties come up for renegotiation, especially in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Beyond the Antarctic treaties, huge obstacles persist to tapping these resources, like drifting icebergs that could jeopardise offshore platforms.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not,blessed.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

By feeding the ponies, tourists increase the risk of them getting hit by a car, and make them harder to gather during the area's annual pony drift (遷移).

2015年高考英語湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

One of the purposes of the annual pony drift is to control the number of ponies.

2015年高考英語湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 題設(shè)

The purpose of a pony drift is to gather them up so their health can be checked, the baby ones can be stooped from feeding on their mother's milk, and those who've gone beyond their limited area can be returned to their correct area.

2015年高考英語湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 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);

    "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"

    "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

  • 6. general meaning or tenor;

    "caught the drift of the conversation"

  • 7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;

    "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"

Verb
  • 1. be in motion due to some air or water current;

    "The leaves were blowing in the wind"

    "the boat drifted on the lake"

    "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"

    "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

  • 2. wander from a direct course or at random;

    "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"

    "don't drift from the set course"

  • 3. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

    "The gypsies roamed the woods"

    "roving vagabonds"

    "the wandering Jew"

    "The cattle roam across the prairie"

    "the laborers drift from one town to the next"

    "They rolled from town to town"

  • 4. vary or move from a fixed point or course;

    "stock prices are drifting higher"

  • 5. live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely;

    "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"

  • 6. move in an unhurried fashion;

    "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"

  • 7. cause to be carried by a current;

    "drift the boats downstream"

  • 8. drive slowly and far afield for grazing;

    "drift the cattle herds westwards"

  • 9. be subject to fluctuation;

    "The stock market drifted upward"

  • 10. be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current;

    "snow drifting several feet high"

    "sand drifting like snow"

同義詞辨析

drift, float

這兩個動詞均有"漂流,漂浮"之意。

  • drift: 多指隨風(fēng)或順?biāo)h蕩,表示動態(tài)。
  • float: 可與drift換用,但側(cè)重指因有液體或氣體所支持而不下沉,可表動態(tài)或靜態(tài)。

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