drift
verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] uk/dr?ft/ us/dr?ft/
C2 （尤指在外力作用下）飘，漂流，漂移
to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction
No one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea. 没有人注意到船已经开始漂向大海了。
A mist drifted in from the marshes. 一阵雾气从沼泽地里飘过来。
After the band stopped playing, people drifted away in twos and threes. 乐队演奏结束后，人们便三三两两地散去了。
figurative The talk drifted aimlessly from one subject to another. 谈话漫无目的地从一个主题转向另一个主题。
- More examples
- When toxic fumes began to drift toward our homes, we were told to evacuate.
- The smoke drifted downwind.
- The boat drifted westwards in the prevailing winds.
- The damaged boat drifted for days before it was finally taken in tow.
- The country seems to be drifting towards war.
Idiom
drift with the tideidiom disapproving 随波逐流；没有自己的观点；人云亦云
#p#分页标题#e#to agree with other people and not make your own decisions
Phrasal verbs
drift apartC2 （关系）渐渐疏远，冷淡下来
If two people drift apart, they gradually become less friendly and their relationship ends.
drift offC2 渐渐入睡
to gradually start to sleep
I couldn't help drifting off in the middle of that lecture - it was so boring! 我在听讲座的过程中不知不觉地睡着了——这个讲座太乏味了！
drift
noun uk/dr?ft/ us/dr?ft/
(MEANING)
[ S ]大意，主旨
the general meaning without the details
The general drift of the article was that society doesn't value older people. 文章的大意是社会对年长者并不重视。
catch/get someone's drift informal 大致明白某人所说的话
to understand the general meaning of what someone is saying
She could see from his expression that he caught her drift immediately.
You can make a point quite subtly and you know that the audience will get your drift.
I suspect she didn't catch your drift.
#p#分页标题#e# It took me a moment but then I caught his drift.
I didn't hear everything you said but I think I got your drift.
if you catch/get my drift informal 你明白我的意思吧
used to say that you have left out information or your opinion from what you have just said, but that you expect the person listening still to understand it
She's married, but she doesn't act as if she is, if you get my drift. 她结婚了，但她表现得不像是结了婚的，你明白我的意思吧。
I'm not sure she would be his type, if you catch my drift.
We might want to sit the two of them at different tables, if you get my drift.
Sara might not be the best person for the role, if you get my drift.
I think they're quite close nowadays, if you catch my drift.
(MOVEMENT)
[ C ]（风吹积而成的）一堆（雪等）
a pile of snow or something similar, formed by the wind
The snow lay in deep drifts. 到处是风吹起来的厚厚的雪堆。
[ S or U ]局势变化
a general development or change in a situation
The downward drift in copper prices looks like it will continue. 铜价下跌的趋势看来还要持续下去。
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