3ADJ [verb-link ADJ, ADJ after verb]脱落的;脱开的 If something comes adrift, it is no longer attached to an object that it should be part of. 脱落的;脱开的 [British]
Three insulating panels had come adrift from the base of the vehicle. [+ from]
4ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, usu ADJof n]分数落后的;排名在后的 In sporting competitions, if a team or a player is adrift of their rivals, they are behind them, usually by a specified number of points or by a specified distance. 分数落后的;排名在后的 [British]
Aberdeen are nine points adrift of Rangers at the top of the Scottish League.
在苏格兰足球联赛中,亚伯丁队比排在首位的流浪者队落后9分。
5ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ]出了问题的 If something has gone adrift, it is no longer happening in the way that was intended. 出了问题的
We have seen this as an attempt to place the blame for a policy that has gone adrift.
VERBS | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be漂浮▸➤come脫落◇I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift.呼吸器上的管子脫落時,我差點兒窒息。➤go (figurative) 出錯◇Our plans had gone badly adrift.我們的計劃嚴重受挫。➤cast sb/sth, cut sb/sth, set sb/sth使⋯漂流◇Their boat had been set adrift.已讓他們的船漂離。PREPOSITION➤from離開⋯開始漂泊◇He had been cut adrift from everything he knew. (figurative) 他曾被切斷與他熟知的一切聯繫。➤in隨波逐流◇She felt cast adrift in a vulgar, materialistic society. (figurative) 她感到在庸俗的、物質至上的社會中隨波逐流。➤of (BrE) 落後於⋯◇The team are now just six points adrift of the leaders (= behind their score).這個球隊現在與領先的球隊只差 6 分。