The sailors cast the boat off and allowed it to drift away on the tide. 水手解下缆绳，任船随潮流漂走。
The boat drifted down the river. 船顺水漂流而下。
What causes continents to break up and drift apart? 什么原因导致大陆分裂漂移?
Some roads are closed owing to drifting. 有些道路因积雪而封闭。
I think I 'll drift around for a few years, then manybe try to find a job. 我想我会先漂泊几年,之后没准找个工作!
As children grow up,they drift away from their parent's views. 随着孩子不断成长，他们便开始偏离其父母的观点。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
They drift the logs down the river to the sawmills. 他们使那些圆木漂下河流到锯木厂。
The winds drift dry leaves into piles. 风吹枯叶积成一堆。
用作名词 (n.)
The general drift of the current was northerly. 这水通常向北流。
There is a drift of farmers to the cities. 农民流向城市。
We must stop this drift towards war. 我们必须制止这种战争趋势。
There is a slow drift into crisis. 有一种渐入危机的趋势。
And for those who do drift beyond that frontier, the same re-search may offer new hope for treat-ments and even cures. 对那些已经漂泊游荡过那道边界的病患，同样的研究可能可以提出新疗法，甚至疗程。
Two Cleopatras in our royal barge, my sister and I reclined and let our little rowboat drift out onto the lake. 两个克利奥帕特拉女子在我们的皇家驳船，我的妹妹和我斜倚着，让我们的小舟在湖面漂泊。
