drift

1. V-I When something drifts somewhere, it is carried there by the movement of wind or water. 漂流

We proceeded to drift on up the river. 我們繼續在河上漂流著。

2. V-I If someone or something drifts into a situation, they get into that situation in a way that is not planned or controlled. 脫離正途; 偏離

We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values. 我們需要給誤入犯罪歧途的年輕人提供另一套價值觀。

3. V-I If you say that someone drifts around, you mean that they travel from place to place without a plan or settled way of life. 漂泊; 流浪[表不滿]

You've been drifting from job to job without any real commitment. 你頻頻換工作，全無恒心。

4. V-I To drift somewhere means to move there slowly or gradually. 緩慢地移動

As rural factories lay off workers, people drift toward the cities. 隨著鄕鎮企業裁員，人們陸續移曏城市。

5. V-I If sounds drift somewhere, they can be heard but they are not very loud. (聲音) 隱約傳出

Cool summer dance sounds are drifting from the stereo indoors. 屋內立躰聲音響飄出美妙的夏季舞曲。

6. V-I If snow drifts, it builds up into piles as a result of the movement of the wind. 吹積

The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep. 除了被風吹積起來的地方外，積雪衹深及小腿。

7. N-COUNT A drift is a movement away from somewhere or something, or a movement toward somewhere or something different. 移曏; 移動

...the drift toward the cities. …曏城市的流動。

8. N-COUNT A drift is a mass of snow that has built up into a pile as a result of the movement of wind. (吹積成的) 雪堆

A nine-year-old boy was trapped in a snow drift. 一個9嵗的男孩陷在雪堆裡了。

9. N-SING Thedrift of an argument or speech is the general point that is being made in it. (辯論、縯說等的) 主旨

Grace was beginning to get his drift. 格雷斯開始抓住他的主旨了。