drift的详细用法

/drɪft,drɪft/ v. [I ]

1.漂流；飘移

•Smoke drifted up from the jungle ahead of us. 我们前方的丛林里有烟升起。

[+ out/towards etc]•The rubber raft drifted out to sea. 橡皮筏子漂向大海。

T PLAN 无计划的 随意移动，漂泊；摇摆不定；漫无目的地行动

[+ around/along etc]•Jenni spent the year drifting around Europe. 珍妮这一年来一直在欧洲各地漂泊。

[+ into]•I just drifted into teaching, really. 我只是碰巧入了教书这一行，不骗你。

[+ away]•The others drifted away. Melanie stayed. 其他人都散去了，唯有梅拉妮留了下来。

drift from sth to sth•The conversation drifted from one topic to another. 话题从一个跳到另一个。

let your gaze/eyes/thoughts/mind etc drift

drift

•Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk. 她的目光百无聊赖地在他的书桌上游移。

3.不知不觉地转变，无意间变成〔另一种状况〕

•He drifted in and out of consciousness . 他的神志时而清醒，时而迷糊。

[+ into]•She was just drifting into sleep when the alarm went off. 她迷迷糊糊刚睡着，突然响起了警报。

4.〔价值、价格、股价等〕浮动，慢慢变化

•The dollar drifted lower against the yen today. 今天，美元对日元的汇率下滑了。

5.吹积

sth drift

听任某事发展下去，对某事听之任之〔尤指坏事〕

•He couldn’t let the matter drift for much longer. 他不能长期放任这件事情不管。

drift apart

1.〔关系〕逐渐疏远

•Over the years my college friends and I have drifted apart. 久而久之，我和大学时期的朋友们逐渐疏远了。

drift off

1.慢慢入睡•I was just drifting off when the phone rang. 我迷迷糊糊地刚要入睡，电话铃响了。

drift 2 n.

1.〔风吹积成的〕雪堆，沙堆 a snow drift 雪堆

[+ of]•The road is blocked with massive drifts of snow. 大堆大堆的积雪把路堵死了。

2.〔情形、意见等的〕渐变，趋势

[+ towards/to]•a drift towards longer working hours 工作时间不知不觉的变长

3.〔大量人口缓慢、无计划的〕流动

[+ from/to/into]•the drift from the countryside to the cities 大量人口从乡村往城市的流动

drift (of sth)（言论的）大意，要点

•So what’s the drift of the argument? 那么这一论点的大意是什么？

follow/get/catch sb’s drift (=understand the general meaning of what someone is saying)明白某人的意思•She didn’t quite get my drift, did she? 她没有弄懂我的意思，是吗？