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词汇 cast-adrift
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cast someone adrift


idiom
to stop supporting someone, or to leave someone without any support or purpose: 抛下某人|让某人随波逐流
The company was absorbed into a large conglomerate and most of its employees cast adrift.这家公司被一家大型企业集团并购,而其大部分员工遭到遣散。
While the government does not have the power to remove him, the damaging claims may persuade them to cast him adrift.虽然政府无权罢免他,但这些破坏性的指控可能会促使其收回对他的支持。
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cast someone/something adrift


idiom
to leave something such as a small boat, or the people in it, moving on water without being controlled by anyone: 使小船或船上的人随波逐流、漂流无定
They plotted to get rid of the Duke by casting him adrift on the ocean in a tiny boat.为了除掉公爵,他们密谋将他丢在船上任其漂流。
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dip in something
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row
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slingshot
smoothness
surface
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Terms for location & direction used at sea

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