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driftn. 1. aim,purpose. intention,meaning目的,意圖,意思。 △Wiv.2.2.256 (242):“O. understand my drift.”啊,要了解我的目的。 △Rom.2.3.55:“Be plain,good son, and homely in thy drift,”說明白一點(diǎn),好孩子,把你的意思老老實(shí)實(shí)告訴我。 △Ham.2.1.37:“Marry,sir,here’smy drift,”哼,我的用意是這樣。 △3H.VI.1.2.46:“Andyet the King not privy to my drift / Nor any of thehouse of Lancaster?”同時決不可讓國王和蘭開斯特家族中任何人知道我的意圖。 2. design,plan,scheme,trick企圖,計(jì)劃,計(jì)策,詭計(jì)。 △Ado.2.1.406 (387):“I will tell you my drift.”我要把我的計(jì)劃告訴你們。 △Gent.3.1.17:“I rather chose /To cross my friend in his intended drift,”我寧愿破壞我的朋友的計(jì)劃。 △Gent.4.2.84 (83): “you shall say mycunning drift excels.” 你一定會說我的計(jì)策巧妙無比。 △Rom. 4. 1. 114: “Shall Romeo by my letters knowour drift,”羅米歐將從我的信里知道我們的計(jì)劃。 △Ham. 4.7. 151:“And that our drift look through our bad per-formance,” i.e. if our scheme is revealed by carryingit out badly. 萬一我們做得不好,露出馬腳。 3. leading one on in conversation,indirect means(在談話中的)引入題目,間接的方式。 △Ham.2.1.10:“By thisencompassment and drift of question / That they doknow my son.”用這種轉(zhuǎn)彎抹角、旁敲側(cè)擊的辦法,問出他們確實(shí)認(rèn)識我的兒子。 drift of conference: leading on in conversation:course of talk交談中的誘導(dǎo);談話的過程。 △Ham.3.1.1:“And can you,by no drift of conference,/ Get fromhim why he puts on this confusion.”你們通過談話中的誘導(dǎo),還不能探出他為什么這樣子心慌意亂。(按: drift of con-ference,一作 drift of circumstance = roundaboutmethod of conversation,迂回曲折的談話方式。) drift[drift]n. & v.漂流(移),漂泊,工資浮動,行情波動,偏移,偏航,沖洗,操練,訓(xùn)練 ◇ drift about飄來飄去 drift into war卷入戰(zhàn)爭 ‖ drift along浮沉 drift flight漂移飛行 drift-bolt n. 錨栓 drift gauge偏流計(jì) drift-ice n.漂冰,流冰 drift signal偏航信號 drifted finish mark浮動終點(diǎn) drifted starting浮動出發(fā)處 drifted turn在漂浮中轉(zhuǎn)彎 driftage n.漂流物,流程 drifter n.漂流物,掃雷船 drifting n.漂流 driftless adj.無目標(biāo)的 driftmeter n.漂移計(jì) drift sand n.流沙 driftway n.流程,坑道 |