engelska-portugisiska översättning av drift

derivarEstamos a derivar para uma zona de nevoeiro, sem saber exactamente em que momento passaremos o limite fatal. We are currently drifting off our course in the fog, without knowing exactly at what point we are going to go over the edge. À parte isso, espero que a presença do Comissário responsável pela ajuda ao desenvolvimento não seja um indício do rumo em que a Europa irá derivar no futuro. Apart from that, I hope that the presence of the Commissioner with responsibility for development aid is not an indication of the direction in which Europe will be drifting in future. Caros Colegas, o que gostaria de dizer em conclusão, e com clareza, é que, nesta fase, é inútil temporizar, derivar, esperar que a noite longa termine. Ladies and gentlemen, what I should like to say in conclusion, and say it clearly, is that at this stage it is no use temporising, drifting, waiting for the long night to end.
derivaÉ evidente que temos andado à deriva nos últimos quatro meses. It is clear that we have been drifting for four months. Saúdo as declarações da Comissão a condenar tal deriva. I welcome the Commission’s statements condemning that drift. Será necessário cair numa fobia e numa deriva higienistas e reguladoras? Do we need to sink into a health and regulatory phobia and drift?

Movement; that which moves or is moved
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse
A place along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side
The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments
A tool
A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles
The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene
A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel
A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler
To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc
To move haphazardly without any destination
To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel
To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body
To drive into heaps
To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps
To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect
To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See

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