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. 我们继续在河上漂流着。

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. 脱离正途; 偏离

We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values. 我们需要给误入犯罪歧途的年轻人提供另一套价值观。

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[表不满]

You've been drifting from job to job without any real commitment. 你频频换工作，全无恒心。

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

As rural factories lay off workers, people drift toward the cities. 随着乡镇企业裁员，人们陆续移向城市。

5. V-I If sounds drift somewhere, they can be heard but they are not very loud. (声音) 隐约传出

Cool summer dance sounds are drifting from the stereo indoors. 屋内立体声音响飘出美妙的夏季舞曲。

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

The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep. 除了被风吹积起来的地方外，积雪只深及小腿。

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

...the drift toward the cities. …向城市的流动。

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. (吹积成的) 雪堆

A nine-year-old boy was trapped in a snow drift. 一个9岁的男孩陷在雪堆里了。

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

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