不知所措，茫然若失; 惘然若失; 茫然失措
be all adrift
1. 不知所措：be all abroad || 茫然不解, 感到莫名其妙, 离题太远, 不中肯 | be all adrift || 不知所措 | be all agog for || 急着要, 迫不急待要, 热望, 急待
2. 漂流,漂浮;茫然,不知所措;莫名其妙：105.adrift adv.adj.漂浮着(的),漂流着(的) | be all adrift 漂流,漂浮;茫然,不知所措;莫名其妙 | eg.Deep colors advance.深的颜色显得醒目.
3. 茫然若失：直截了当 without further ado | 茫然若失 be all adrift | 三番五次 again and again
4. 小题大做：徒劳无益 hold a candle to the sun | 小题大做 be all adrift | 三番五次 again and again
1. Many people will be all adrift and don't know what to do in case of a real fire.
一旦真的发生火灾，许多人就不知所措，不知道该干什么好了。
2. You never really thought you actually would do what you are now starting to do. You thought it would always just be something to talk about and dream of. But now, the fantasy is becoming a reality. Life is getting intense - not least because so much is changing so quickly. There is a fear that it could all go horribly adrift at any moment.
你从来没敢去想你竟然能参与到你现在已经开始去做得事情，因为你一直以为这些对你来说是可望不可及的，然而梦想正在变为现实~生活正在加快步伐，变得紧张了起来-这不光是因为世事变化的太快，而是我们生怕一切可能会在某个瞬间全然消逝。
3. In their eyes, this act of abandonment cast them adrift in a fearful world that, on top of it all, appeared to be developing a mind of its own.
在他们的眼中，这种被遗弃的行为对他们来说是可怕的，因此他们建立了自己的想法。
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4. Had all three decisions gone chelsea's way mourinho's side could potentially be level with United instead of being three points adrift.
如果三个决定都对车路士有利既话车路士好有可能已同曼联同分排榜首。
5. No sooner hee with them of Man and Beast Select for life shall in the Ark be lodg'd, And shelterd round, but all the Cataracts Of Heav'n set open on the Earth shall powre [825] Raine day and night, all fountains of the Deep Broke up, shall heave the Ocean to usurp Beyond all bounds, till inundation rise Above the highest Hills: then shall this Mount Of Paradise by might of Waves be moovd [830] Out of his place, pushd by the horned floud, With all his verdure spoil'd, and Trees adrift Down the great River to the op'ning Gulf, And there take root an Iland salt and bare, The haunt of Seales and Orcs, and Sea-mews clang.
而后天上所有的大瀑布都向大地上齐泻，倾盆大雨昼夜不停地下着，大渊的喷泉全都迸射而出，大海洋的水位急剧增高，漫过一切的关隘，泛滥高涨，连最高的山峰也被淹没了。那时，这个乐园的山也受到涛天大浪的冲击而移出了原地，在洪水支流的冲击下，草木被毁了，大树被流进大河，漂进开着大口的港湾，扎根在那儿一个满是盐碱的荒岛――海豹、鲸鱼、啼叫的海欧的住处。