rootless

英 [ˈruːtləs]

美 [ˈruːtləs]

adj.  无根的; 没有归宿的; 漂泊的

BNC.24290 / COCA.28366

牛津词典

adj.

• 无根的；没有归宿的；漂泊的
  having nowhere that you really think of as home, or as the place where you belong
  1. She had had a rootless childhood moving from town to town.
     她小时候居无定所，在各地流浪。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 居无定所的;无固定工作的;无归属的;漂泊的
  If someone has no permanent home or job and is not settled in any community, you can describe them asrootless.
  1. These rootless young people have nowhere else to go.
     这些漂泊不定的年轻人没有其他地方可去。
  2. ...people who refused to integrate within society and instead lived rootless, jobless lives.
     那些不愿意融入社会而过着漂泊不定、没有工作的生活的人

英英释义

adj

• wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
  1. led a vagabond life
  2. a rootless wanderer
  Synonym:vagabond

双语例句

• You reduce both Western Civ and alternative canons to the same deracinated, rootless sort of nature as cultural capital.
  你给予了西方文明和选择性的经典，文化资本一样，孤立漂泊的本质。
• A major characteristic of life in diaspora is rootless.
  流散生活的一个主要特点就是无根性。
• Rootless refugeesin a strange country.
  流落陌生国家的难民。
• Therefore, it is imperative for Singapore to ensure that cultures of East and West complement each other for its own good, since a "rootless" society would be in great peril.
  东西文化的相互配合是目前新加坡社会的一个重要课题，没有根的社会是极为危险的。
• Living in such a society, they always have the sense of rootless, homeless, and alienated.
  生活在这样的社会当中，他们经常会有一种无根感，无家感和疏离感。
• Although there are fruitful researches about "India Trilogy", most researchers and critics believed that, for India, Naipaul is alienated in spirit and is a typical example of" rootless "people.
  而今关于印度三部曲的研究已是硕果累累，大部分研究者和评论者都认为，对于印度，奈保尔在精神上是疏离的，他是典型的无根人。
• Researchers think that humble algae, which are simple, rootless plants that normally provide food for aquatic animals, could lead be a revolutionary tool in the battle against climate change.
  研究人员认为，这种简单、无根的微型藻类植物通常只是水生动物的食品，但是现在却变成了对抗气候变化的一个革命性工具。
• These rootless young people have nowhere else to go.
  这些漂泊不定的年轻人没有其他地方可去。
• He became a rootless vagabond.
  他成了一个到处飘泊的流浪者。
• The theme of Yu's work is the "rootless generation" and the "waking generation" and a criticism of the evils of the eastern and western cultures.
  於梨华小说的创作主题是表现无根的一代和觉醒的一代，同时以批判的态度审视了东西方文化的弊端。