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be adrift
用于描述情感或状态上的漂泊无依。
After losing his job, he felt completely adrift.
失业后，他感到完全迷失了方向。
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be in motion due to some air or water current
After losing his job, he felt completely adrift.
失业后，他感到完全迷失了方向。
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be in motion due to some air or water current
After the storm, the small boat was adrift in the open sea for three days.
暴风雨过后，小船在开阔的海上漂流了三天。
He felt completely adrift after losing his job and his apartment in the same week.
在同一周失去工作和公寓后，他感到完全漂泊无依。
Without a clear plan, the team was adrift, unable to decide on their next move.
没有明确的计划，整个团队漫无目的，无法决定下一步行动。
用于描述情感或状态上的漂泊无依。
After losing his job, he felt completely adrift.
失业后，他感到完全迷失了方向。
常指物理上的漂流。
The boat was adrift in the open sea.
小船在公海上漂流。
用于抽象意义，表示缺乏方向或依靠。
She was adrift without any sense of purpose.
她因缺乏目标而漂泊不定。
Not this
He adrift in a sea of confusion.
Use this
He is adrift in a sea of confusion.
中文中常省略系动词，但英语中形容词‘adrift’必须与‘be’连用作谓语，否则句子不完整。
Not this
The boat is drift in the ocean.
Use this
The boat is adrift in the ocean.
‘drift’是动词或名词，而‘adrift’才是形容词，表示‘漂流的状态’，此处需用形容词形式。
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用于描述漂浮或漫无目的的状态，常后接地点
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