drift aimlessly
collocation漫无目的地游荡
He drifted aimlessly from one job to another.
他漫无目的地换了一份又一份工作。
漂流；使漂流
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漂流；使漂流
to move slowly on water or in the air, or to carry something along in this way
The boat drifted slowly down the river.
小船缓缓地顺河漂流而下。
缓慢移动,尤指受水流、气流等推动。
To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
漫无目的地随意移动。
To move haphazardly without any destination.
轻微偏离预定行进方向。
To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
像水流推动漂浮物那样驱赶或携带。
To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
drift
Base
原形
drifts
3rd person
第三人称单数
drifting
-ing
现在分词
drifted
Past
过去式
drifted
Past participle
过去分词
Clouds drift across the sky.
云朵在天空中飘移。
The boat drifted away from the shore.
船从岸边漂走了。
She is drifting in her thoughts.
她正在思绪中漂流。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed，现在分词加-ing。
Leaves drift in the wind during autumn.
秋天树叶随风漂流。
The smoke from the fire drifted across the field.
火堆的烟飘过田野。
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漫无目的地游荡
He drifted aimlessly from one job to another.
他漫无目的地换了一份又一份工作。
偏离航向
The ship drifted off course in the thick fog.
船在浓雾中偏离了航向。
顺流而下
The logs drifted downstream to the sawmill.
原木顺流漂到了锯木厂。
随水漂流
We stopped rowing and let the boat drift with the current.
我们停止划桨，让船随水漂流。
在空中飘荡
Snowflakes drifted through the air and landed on the ground.
雪花在空中飘荡，落到地面上。
漂走
The small boat slowly drifted away from the shore.
小船慢慢漂离了岸边。
逐渐疏远
After college, we slowly drifted apart.
大学毕业后，我们渐渐疏远了。
渐渐入睡
I drifted off during the movie.
看电影时我渐渐睡着了。
不知不觉陷入
He drifted into a career he never really wanted.
他不知不觉从事了一份自己从未真正想做的职业。
给我节拍吧，小伙子们，让我的灵魂自由；我只想沉醉在你的摇滚乐中，然后渐渐飘远。
This chorus line from Dobie Gray's 1973 hit 'Drift Away' uses 'drift away' to mean moving slowly and effortlessly, carried by the music.
这句歌词出自多比·格雷1973年的热门歌曲《Drift Away》，其中“drift away”意为随着音乐缓缓飘远、毫不费力地移动。
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漂（drift）的 r 像流水，想象树叶顺水慢慢漂走，即“漂流、漂移”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：船或浮物顺水缓慢移动、烟或气味随风飘散、云朵在空中缓缓移动 表示“受水流、气流等推动而缓慢移动”时，通常为中性用词，在书面和口语中都比较常见。
All six words rhyme with drift: they share the final /ɪft/ sound (e.g., gift /ɡɪft/, lift /lɪft/, swift /swɪft/, shift /ʃɪft/, sift /sɪft/, thrift /θrɪft/). Beware of lookalikes such as 'draft' (/dræft/) and 'left' (/lɛft/), which resemble these spellings but have a different vowel and do not rhyme.
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