adrift
adjective [ after verb ] uk/əˈdrɪft/ us/əˈdrɪft/
漂浮的;漂流的
If a boat is adrift, it is moving on the water but is not controlled by anyone because of a problem.
He spent three days adrift on his yacht. 他在游艇上漂流了3天。
随波逐流的;漫无目的的;漂泊无依的
If a person is adrift, they do not have a clear purpose in life or know what they want to do.
Da Silva plays a bright, lonely student from New York, adrift in small-town Arizona. 达席尔瓦饰演的角色是一个才华横溢的学生,离开纽约孤身漂泊在偏僻的亚利桑那州。
Synonyms: aimless directionlessrudderless
go/come adrift informal 脱开;松开
to become loose
The hem of my skirt's come adrift again. 我的裙子褶边又散开了。
The barge went adrift in rough seas.
One of the sofa cushions is coming adrift.
go adrift informal 出问题;出岔子
If plans go adrift, they fail or do not produce the correct results.
Something seems to have gone adrift in our calculations. 我们的计算好像有什么地方出了问题。
After his divorce, his life went adrift for a while.
They expected too much of their supporters and that's where it went adrift.
A recent attempt to set up her own business had gone adrift.
See: cast verb