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词汇 drift-aimlessly
释义 drift aimlessly
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to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction: (尤指在外力作用下)飘,漂流,漂移
With the power gone, the ship drifted aimlessly and finally ran aground.
When they finally saw the boat it was drifting aimlessly with the tide.
to change from one subject, situation, or place to another without any plan, purpose, or control:
Much of life involves periods in which people drift somewhat aimlessly.
She spent the day drifting aimlessly about the house and garden.
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Thick smoke belched from the chimneys before thinning and drifting aimlessly across the sky.
Life drifted aimlessly, until one day a friend came to visit.
After leaving school he drifted aimlessly from job to job.
Without a purpose, our thoughts can drift aimlessly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Slow and moving slowly
(as) slow as molassesidiom
at a snail's paceidiom
by and byidiom
by degreesidiom
claw your way (somewhere)idiom
float
in ones and twosidiom
inch by inchidiom
infiltrate
infiltration
jog
labour
lag
sluggishly
sluggishness
snail
staged
steadily
struggle
wander

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