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drift

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Related topics: Water, Nature
drift1 /drɪft/ ●●○ verb [intransitiveI]
1  TTWTTAmove slowly 緩慢移動 to move slowly on water or in the air 漂流；飄移
drift out/towards etc
The rubber raft drifted out to sea.
橡皮筏子漂向大海。
Smoke drifted up from the jungle ahead of us.
我們前方的叢林裏有煙升起。
2  without plan 無計劃的TRAVEL to move, change, or do something without any plan or purpose 随意移動，漂泊；搖擺不定；漫無目的地行動
drift around/along etc
Jenni spent the year drifting around Europe.
珍妮這一年來一直在歐洲各地漂泊。
drift into
I just drifted into teaching, really.
我只是碰巧入了教書這一行，不騙你。
drift away
The others drifted away. Melanie stayed.
其他人都散去了，唯有梅拉妮留了下來。
drift from something to something
The conversation drifted from one topic to another.
話題從一個跳到另一個。
let your gaze/eyes/thoughts/mind etc drift
Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk.
她的目光百無聊賴地在他的書桌上遊移。
3  CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTchange 改變 to gradually change from being in one condition, situation etc into another without realizing it 不知不覺地轉變，無意間變成〔另一種狀況〕
drift into
She was just drifting into sleep when the alarm went off.
她迷迷糊糊剛睡着，突然響起了警報。
He drifted in and out of consciousness.
他的神志時而清醒，時而迷糊。
4  money/prices 錢/價格 if values, prices, shares etc drift, they gradually change 〔價值、價格、股價等〕浮動，慢慢變化
The dollar drifted lower against the yen today.
今天，美元對日元的匯率下滑了。
5. DNsnow/sand 雪/沙 if snow, sand etc drifts, the wind blows it into large piles 吹積
6  let something drift CONTINUE/NOT STOPto allow something, especially something bad, to continue in the same way 聽任某事發展下去，對某事聽之任之〔尤指壞事〕
He couldn’t let the matter drift for much longer.
他不能長期放任這件事情不管。
7 drift apart phrasal verbphr v RELATIONSHIPif people drift apart, their relationship gradually ends 〔關系〕逐漸疏遠
Over the years my college friends and I have drifted apart.
久而久之，我和大學時期的朋友們逐漸疏遠了。
Examples from the Corpus
drift apart• Over the years my schoolfriends and I have drifted apart.• Teddy and Maria never really argued -- they just drifted apart.• We grew up, went off to different places, drifted apart.• Jabbing with the point he kept off Alexei's attack until the reaction of their mid-air collision made them drift apart again.• The movements did not so much drift apart as come to represent opposed interests.• Amelia was still engaged to Sam Chapman, but in fact she had been drifting apart from him for some time.• The drift apart had been gradual.• Where languages grow most unlike one another as they drift apart is in the shapes of their words.• If there is any twosome in a family likely to drift apart, it is a pair of brothers.• Later in life, Lewis and his father drifted apart, never to be reconciled.
8 drift off phrasal verbphr v SLEEPto gradually fall asleep 慢慢入睡
I was just drifting off when the phone rang.
我迷迷糊糊地剛要入睡，電話鈴響了。
He felt himself drifting off to sleep.
他感覺自己迷迷糊糊地睡着了。
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drift off• He must have drifted off again, for when he awoke, the train had come to a halt.• That night as he drifted off to sleep, Quincy tried to imagine what the day would have been like if Marta had been there.• She was just starting to drift off, when she heard a scream downstairs.
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drift• Gradually they started drifting away to the main building to eat and sleep.• I walked at his side as if I were drunk, bumping into him, drifting crazily off.• They presently look like a team that could drift farther into oblivion each week.• All night Julie drifted in and out of consciousness.• We will pay special attention to the underlying social problems in high-crime areas, particularly to prevent young people drifting into crime.• It felt as though she'd drifted into some dreamlike watery paradise.• The smoke drifted lazily away to the westward, revealing to us the gray lines steadily advancing..• Ideas drifted quietly like falling petals into his mind.• A fine trail of dust dislodged from the door frame and drifted slowly to the ground.• Vargas Llosa's politics gradually drifted to the right.
drift out/towards etc• Or sometimes, did not drift out?• She stepped aside into the doorway of the next room while Luch drifted out and down the stair.• Even the most saintly of people would drift towards complacency and arrogance after such a long period.• It would also be in line with the gradual drift towards fuel tax harmonisation across the Community.• Eventually we drift out into the leafy park behind the museum.• Louis music drifts out of clubs large and small throughout the city.• Twenty-four hours until kick-off and the hyperbole was drifting out of control.• Primo had drifted out of the conversation.
let your gaze/eyes/thoughts/mind etc drift• Idly, he let his gaze drift across the horizon.• Frowning, she let her mind drift back to the events of two years ago.• Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk, over the orderly piles of papers and files arranged there.• Vass regarded her flushed face, then let his eyes drift slowly down the length of her slender, dressing-gown-clad figure.• He let his eyes drift up.
drifting into sleep• He had lain in bed night after night drifting into sleep on a tide of euphoria.
Related topics: Nature, Water
drift2 ●○○ noun
1  SNOWsnow/sand 雪/沙 [countableC]DN a large pile of snow or sand that has been blown by the wind 〔風吹積成的〕雪堆，沙堆
drift of
The road is blocked with massive drifts of snow.
大堆大堆的積雪把路堵死了。
a snow drift
雪堆
2  CHANGEchange 變化 [singular] a slow change or development from one situation, opinion etc to another 〔情形、意見等的〕漸變，趨勢
drift towards/to
a drift towards longer working hours
工作時間不知不覺的變長
3  movement of people 人口流動TRAVEL [singular, uncountableU] a slow movement of large numbers of people that has not been planned 〔大量人口緩慢、無計劃的〕流動
drift from/to/into
the drift from the countryside to the cities
大量人口從鄉村往城市的流動
4  the drift (of something) MEANINGthe general meaning of what someone is saying （言論的）大意，要點
So what’s the drift of the argument?
那麽這一論點的大意是什麽？
follow/get/catch somebody’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?
她沒有弄懂我的意思，是嗎？
Examples from the Corpus
the drift (of something)• Above all the drift to a self-seeking, self-satisfying, self-fulfilling approach to relationships is where the rot is really setting in.• Right from Huntington Beach, if you catch the drift.• Having the drift right is the essence of missing the point altogether.• In another hour, the drifts would be too deep to walk through.• For short periods the dominant direction of the drift may be reversed by abnormal wind conditions.• He was breathing, but his leg was a mess, must have been hit on the drift down.• The seminar also called on governments to support small farmers, in order to help reduce the drift to the cities.• He turned and ran, along the ride, up the drift, not looking back.
5. SHIPships/planes 船/飛機 [uncountableU]TTW the movement of a ship or plane from its original direction because of the movement of the wind or water 〔風或水流引起的〕偏航
6. slow movement 緩慢的移動 [uncountableU] very slow movement, especially over water or through the air 漂流，漂移；飄遊
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drift• The party has experienced a drift toward the right in the last two years.• The endless drift from the past to the future.• It was a complicated argument but I think I caught his drift.• High winds were becoming a problem, blowing snow into drifts 3 to 5 feet high in places.• All the roads to Denver were blocked by snow drifts.• His presidential hopes thus suffered a fatal blow in the snow drifts of New Hampshire.• Make sure that you correct the drift before touch down and then be prepared to prevent the swing into wind.• He was breathing, but his leg was a mess, must have been hit on the drift down.• The drifts were granulated and shrinking under my eyes.• The drift of his letter is that he wants to come back.• I follow your drift, but I just don't believe it.
drift towards/to• He nodded slowly and she felt his gaze drift to the gold band on her wedding finger.• Then his usual calm came back, and he drifted to the door of the barn, hands in pockets.• He drifts to the sideboard and looks for something else.• But we are now drifting to the next stages of the methodology.• The smoke drifted to and fro among us.• Above all the drift to a self-seeking, self-satisfying, self-fulfilling approach to relationships is where the rot is really setting in.• But not the drift to the mainland for work for the young men.
drift from/to/into• Looking carefully all about me, I drift into the carpark.• Adam blew the feather into the air and let it drift to the floor.• Morton drifted into the grand salon, which was teeming with people.• A piece of straw drifted to the ground.• The seminar also called on governments to support small farmers, in order to help reduce the drift to the cities.• Earth had begun to drift from the cross-wires; the radio antenna was no longer pointing toward its target.• We seemed to drift into tranquility once we reached the long plateau stretch on the high road to Taos.
From Longman Business Dictionary
driftdrift1 /drɪft/ verb [intransitiveI]
to go slowly up or down in value, without any particular direction
London shares drifted in the absence of a statement from the Treasury.
The dollar drifted lower against other major currencies in thin trading.
The pound drifted down again yesterday.
The Nasdaq Composite Index drifted higher throughout the session to close with a gain of 1.27%.
driftdrift2 noun [countableC]
a slow change or development from one situtation, opinion etc to another
drift to/towards
The drift towards recession started when the slump in the service sector became as bad as the slump in manufacturing.
Origin drift2
(1300-1400) Probably from Old Norse drift “pile of wind-blown snow”; related to drive
drift1 verbdrift2 noun
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