drift /drɪft/ CET4 TEM4 ( drifting, drifted, drifts )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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]

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  ...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

  例：

  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 The drift of an argument or speech is the general point that is being made in it. (辩论、演说等的) 主旨

  例：

  Grace was beginning to get his drift.

  格雷斯开始抓住他的主旨了。