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词汇 drive
释义 drive
verb
uk /draɪv/ us /draɪv/drove | driven

driveverb (USE VEHICLE)


A1[ I or T ]
to move or travel on land in a motor vehicle, especially as the person controlling the vehicle's movement: 开(车),驾驶
I'm learning to drive.我在学开车。
"Are you going by train?" "No, I'm driving."“你乘火车去吗?”“不,我开车去。”
She drives a red sports car.她开一辆红色跑车。
They're driving to Chicago on Tuesday.星期二他们要开车去芝加哥。
drive onWe saw their car outside the house and drove on.
drive awayHe just got back in the car and drove away.
drive pastYou could drive right past without even knowing it's there.
drive someone to somethingI drove my daughter to school.我开车送女儿上学。
Come on, I'll drive you home.
Compare
rideverb
See also
driving under the influence
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to take someone somewhere
takeI have to take my mother to the doctor today.
go withI offered to go with him to the police station.
come withCan you come to the hospital with me?
accompanyChildren under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
driveMy husband usually drives the kids to school.
give someone a liftCan you give me a lift into town?
I asked him to drive more slowly, but he didn't take any notice.我让他慢点开车,但他根本不在意。
The police fined her for driving through a red light.
The police spotted him driving a stolen car.警察发现他开着一辆偷来的车。
We drove along a narrow, bumpy road.我们行驶在崎岖不平的小路上。
She drives the kids to school every morning.她每天早上开车送孩子上学。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
aquaplaning
back someone up
biting point
boxed in
branch off
chauffeur
gun
handle
lock
platooning
pull
pull someone up
push start
range anxiety
reverse
road rage
skid
speeding
standing
the RAC

driveverb (FORCE)


C1[ T ]
to force someone or something to go somewhere or do something: 驱赶,赶走;迫使,驱使
drive someone/something into somethingThey used dogs to drive the sheep into a pen.他们用狗把羊赶进圈里。
A post had been driven (= hit hard) into the ground near the tree.一根柱子被砸进了那棵树旁边的地里。
drive someone/something from somethingBy the end of the year, most of the occupying troops had been driven from the city.到年底时大部分占领军都被赶出了这个城市。
drive someone/something awayThe little birds fly around the owl, pecking at it, trying to drive it away.
If you aren't careful, your jealousy will drive her away.
drive someone to do somethingIn the end, it was his violent behaviour that drove her to leave home.最终是他的暴力行为让她离开了家。
C1[ T ]
to force someone or something into a particular state, often an unpleasant one: 强迫,迫使,逼迫
drive someone/something to somethingIn the course of history, love has driven men and women to strange extremes.在历史的进程中,爱情曾经迫使男人和女人做出荒谬极端的事情。
Their fourth year without rain drove many farmers to despair.第四年仍然没有雨水,这让许多农民感到非常绝望。
Recent events have driven the stock market to lows not seen in ten years.近期的一系列事件在十年中第二次使经济陷入严重衰退。
 drive someone mad, crazy, etc.B2informal
to make someone extremely annoyed: 使…发疯/恼怒等
My mother-in-law has been staying with us this past week and she's driving me crazy.上周我婆婆一直和我们住在一起,她快把我给逼疯了。
 drive someone wildinformal
to make you very excited, especially sexually: (尤指在性方面)使…极其兴奋
When he runs his fingers through my hair, it drives me wild!当他的手指掠过我的头发时,我兴奋极了!
Extreme stress had driven him to the brink of a nervous breakdown.极大的压力使他处于精神崩溃的边缘。
His family could not understand how this quiet, well-adjusted man could have been driven to this terrible deed.
Self-hatred apparently drove her to mutilate her own face.显然是自我憎恨使她自毁面容。
Her husband's violent and abusive behaviour drove her to the verge of despair.她丈夫的暴力和虐待行为将她逼到了近乎绝望的境地。
She had her demons and, later in life, they drove her to drink.她精神颓废,后来染上了酗酒的恶习。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing somebody to act
arm-twisting
bludgeon
bounce someone into something
browbeat someone into something/doing something
bull something through
coerce
coercion
dragoon someone into something
drive someone/something to something
duress
force someone's handidiom
forced marriage
push (someone) toward(s) something
push something through
put the heat on someoneidiom
put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom
rallying cry
ransom
slap
wring

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Pushing and shoving

driveverb (PROVIDE POWER)


C2[ T ]
to provide the power to keep a machine working, or to make something happen: 驱动;推动
The engine drives the wheels.发动机驱动车轮。
Water drives the turbines that produce electricity.水驱动涡轮机发电。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Machines - general words
3-D printer
animatronic
applicator
automated
automation
backhoe
chuck
convenience
Heath Robinson
humanoid
immobilizer
machinery
roller
snow thrower
stacker
stump grinder
supersensitivity
synchrotron
valve
workhorse

driveverb (SPORT)


[ I or T ]
If you drive a ball, such as in golf, cricket, baseball, or football, you hit or kick it hard so that it travels a long way:
Slater drove the ball down the fairway.斯莱特沿着球道奋力击球。
From the free kick, Owen drove the ball straight at the keeper.
Some of the fans were applauding Montgomerie as he drove off the third tee.
See also
driver
[ I ]
in sports such as basketball and rugby, to move quickly and forcefully with the ball to try to score:
Kate drove to the basket, shot and rimmed it.
Bristol went for the corner from a penalty and drove for the line.
[ I or T ]
in baseball, to cause a run to be scored or allow a runner to move to the next base when you hit the ball:
drive inHe whacked four hits and drove in six runs.
Miller drove him in with a single.
Cameron drove a ball deep into the hole at shortstop for a base hit.
He drove the length of the court and scored with two seconds left in overtime.
He bounced the first pitch up the middle into centerfield, driving in both runners.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hitting and beating
at-risk
bang away
bang someone up
basher
bashing
butt
duke
fetch
gut punch
hammer
head-butt
hell
mess
punch
swing at someone
swing for someone
tan someone's hideidiom
tar
tonk
wallop

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Basketball, netball & volleyball
Baseball & rounders

Idioms


be in the driving seat
drive your message/point home
drive someone to drink
drive a coach and horses through something
drive a hard bargain
drive a wedge between someone

Phrasal verbs


drive at something
drive off
drive
noun
uk /draɪv/ us /draɪv/

drivenoun (VEHICLE)


B1[ C ]
a journey by car: 驱车出行;驾车路程
It's a long drive from Auckland to Wellington.从奥克兰到惠灵顿开车要走很长时间。
go for a driveShall we go for a drive this afternoon?我们下午开车去兜风好吗?
[ U ]
the system used to power a vehicle: (车辆的)传动系统
left-hand drivea car with left-hand drive (= in which the driver sits in the seat on the left)
four-wheel drivea four-wheel drive vehicle四轮驱动的车辆
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Journeys
adventure
break-journey
carpool
carpooling
circumnavigation
commuting
expedition
field trip
grand tour
haul
jaunt
journey
junket
layover
odyssey
ride
sail
seafaring
trip
wanderings

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The engine & engine parts

drivenoun (ROAD)


[ C ]
used in the names of some roads, especially roads containing houses: (尤用于沿途有房屋的道路名称)路,大道
12 Maple Drive枫树路12号
[ C ]mainly UK(alsodriveway)
a private area in front of a house or other building onto which you can drive and park your car : (住宅通往大路的)私人车道
in the driveI parked in the drive.
on the driveEach house has a car on the drive.
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Roads: urban & residential streets
access road
adopt
adopted
alley
arterial
boulevard
crossing guard
cul-de-sac
grove
high street
lane
lollipop lady
parade
plaza
Rd
row
runnel
st
street
unadopted

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On the road: parking

drivenoun (PLANNED EFFORT)


[ C ]
a planned effort to achieve or encourage something:
drive toSkyrocketing gas prices have sparked a drive to reduce the country's reliance on fossil fuels.
launch a driveShe launched a drive to gather thousands of signatures for a petition against the new road.
The government has launched a mental health drive.
drive forHe is leading a major drive for efficiency.
See also
economy drive
recruitment drive
[ C ]mainly US
an event organized in order to collect money or other things given by people, usually in order to help others:
hold a driveThe school will hold a fundraising drive to pay for the project.
organize a driveShe helped organize clothing drives for people who are homeless or destitute.
He organized a shoe drive that collected more than 1,000 pairs of shoes to be sent overseas.
If rescue workers need blankets, we could have a blanket drive.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Trying and making an effort
A game
all out
assault
attempt
attempted
give something your best shotidiom
go after someone
go all outidiom
go down swinging/fightingidiom
go for someone
nose
shoot for something
shoot for the moonidiom
shoot the worksidiom
smarten (someone/something) up
smarten up your actidiom
sortie
spare
stretch
struggle

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Organizations - charities
Collecting and amassing

drivenoun (COMPUTING)


B1[ C ]
a device for storing computer information: 驱动器
a hard drive软/硬盘驱动器
a DVD driveDVD驱动器
a CD driveCD驱动器
See also
USB drive
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Computer hardware
3-D printer
active matrix
alt-
associative memory
backlight
Bluetooth
chip
console
flat screen
joypad
microcomputer
multi-client
multitasker
netbook
non-mobile
number pad
terminal
trackball
underscore
VDT

drivenoun (POWER)


C1[ U ]
energy and determination to achieve things: 干劲;魄力;决心;欲望
We are looking for someone with drive and ambition.我们在寻找有干劲、有抱负的人。
drive toHe has the drive to succeed.他有取得成功的决心。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Motives and reasons
autotelic
cause
causeless
first principles
from a place ofidiom
hidden agenda
impulse
inclination
justification
mainspring
motivation
motive
name
peg
place
reason
should
wherefores
why
without cause

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Feelings of desire

drivenoun (SPORT)


[ C ]
in sports such as golf, cricket, baseball, or football, a powerful hit or kick that sends a ball a long way:
Her drive off the tee strayed too far left.
He scored in the 62nd minute with a low angled drive.
See also
driver
[ C ]
in sports such as basketball or rugby, a fast, forceful movement towards the basket or try line:
Gibson was fouled on a second-quarter drive to the basket.
Their forwards made their dominance of possession count with a series of drives to the line.
He unleashed a 379-yard drive on the 12th.
She finished the game with a forehand drive down the line.
The pressure paid off with Dee's drive over the line to beat England's defence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Golf
approach shot
best ball
better ball
bogey
bogie
caddy
chip
dogleg
greenside
hazard
hole
hole out
lay
lay someone up
long game
rough
tap
waggle
wedge
yip

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Cricket
Basketball, netball & volleyball

drive | American Dictionary


drive
verb
us/drɑɪv/past tensedroveus/droʊv/ | past participledrivenus/ˈdrɪv·ən/

driveverb (USE VEHICLE)


[ I/T ]
to travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the person who operates it:
[ T ]We drove 40 miles to visit my aunt.
[ I ]She drove through Pennsylvania to Ohio.
[ I ]She never learned how to drive (= operate a car).
[ T ]I’ll drive you to the station (= take you there in my car).

driveverb (FORCE)


[ T ]
to force someone or something to go somewhere or do something:
He drove a nail into the wall.
He was driven (= His actions were caused) by greed.

driveverb (PROVIDE POWER)


[ T ]
to provide the power to make a machine operate:
The water pump is driven by a windmill.

Idioms


drive a hard bargain
drive someone crazy

Phrasal verb


drive at something
drive
noun
us/drɑɪv/

drivenoun (TRIP)


[ C ]
a trip in a motor vehicle:
We have a 200-mile drive ahead of us.
[ C ]
A drive is also a road for cars and is sometimes used as part of a name:
Riverside Drive

drivenoun (PLANNED EFFORT)


[ C ]
a planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something:
The university sponsored a blood drive (= effort to collect blood) for the Red Cross.

drivenoun (FORCE)


[ C/U ]
strong determination to do or achieve something:
[ U ]Intelligence isn’t enough – you’ve got to have the drive to succeed.

drive | Business English


drive
verb[ T ]
uk /draɪv/usdrove | driven
to cause or influence something:
be driven by sthThe country needs to shift from export-led growth to growth driven by domestic demand.
This company is driven by customers and by the markets in which we do our business.
to cause something to progress, develop, or grow stronger:
The firm said it would drive sales by switching into larger premises while closing smaller stores.
The company yesterday reported record iron ore production for the year to June, driven by a construction and manufacturing boom in China.
to force something to happen or someone to do something:
drive sb/sth into/out of/to sthAnalysts say these policies will drive the economy into recession.
The prospect of a consumer boom helped drive the stock market to new peaks yesterday.
 be in the driving seatUK(alsobe in the driver's seat)
to be in control of a situation:
With employers fighting among themselves for staff, IT workers are in the driving seat.
He believes there will be consolidation in the airline industry and wants his company to be in the driver's seat of any merger.
 drive a hard bargain
to expect a lot in exchange for what you pay or agree to:
The unions are driving a hard bargain on pay.

Phrasal verbs


drive sth down
drive sb/sth out (of sth)
drive sth up
drive
noun
uk /draɪv/us
[ C ]
an effort to achieve something:
drive for sthThe supermarket continues in its relentless drive for expansion.
drive to do sthThey are expanding their telephone banking service for small businesses in a key part of their drive to cut costs and boost efficiency.
a recruitment/marketing/cost-cutting drive
[ C ] IT
a piece of equipment for reading and storing computer information:
a CD-ROM/DVD drive
[ U ]
energy and determination to achieve things:
We're looking for someone with drive and ambition to fill this important post.
drive to do sthShe has the drive to succeed.

See also


disk drive
economy drive
flash drive
hard drive
sales drive
tape drive
test drive
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