| 词汇 | drive |
| 释义 | driveWord family noun drive driver driving drivabilitydriver's licensedrive shaftdrivethroughdrivewaydriving licencedriving rangedriving testadjective driving drivabledrivendriverlessdrive-byverb drive Motor vehicles, Power, Industry drive1 /draɪv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst drove /drəʊv $ droʊv/, past participlepp driven /ˈdrɪvən/) 1 OPERATE A VEHICLEvehicle 车辆 a) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TTC to make a car, truck, bus etc move along 开车，驾驶 drive to/down/off etc I am planning to drive to Morocco next year. 明年我打算驾车去摩洛哥。 the man driving the car 开车的男子 Can you drive? 你会开车吗？ So when did you learn to drive? 那么你是什么时候学会开车的？ Bye! Drive carefully! 再见！开车小心！ He drives 12 miles to work. 他驾车12英里去上班。 He drives (=has) a BMW estate. 他开一辆宝马旅行车。 b) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if a car, truck etc drives somewhere, it moves there 〔车〕行驶 After the accident, the other car just drove off. 出事后另外一辆车径自开走了。 c) TRAVEL SOMEWHERE[intransitiveI]TTC if people drive somewhere, they travel somewhere in a car 开车去 Shall we drive or take the bus? 我们开车去还是坐公共汽车去？ drive to/down/off etc They drove back to Woodside. 他们开车回到了伍德赛德。 d) TAKE somebody SOMEWHERE[transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]TTC to take someone somewhere in a car, truck etc 驾车送〔人〕 She drove Anna to London. 她开车送安娜去伦敦。 I’ll drive you home. 我来开车送你回家。 drive yourself I drove myself to hospital. 我自己开车去了医院。 2 FORCE somebody/somethingmake SB move 使某人移动 [transitiveT] to force a person or animal to go somewhere 驱赶，驱使，迫使…去〔某处〕 Torrential rain drove the players off the course. 滂沱大雨迫使选手们离开了赛场。 With a few loud whistles, they drove the donkeys out of the enclosure. 随着几声响亮的哨声，他们把驴子赶出了围栏。 3 FEELINGmake SB do STH 驱使某人做某事 [transitiveT] to strongly influence someone to do something 迫使，促使〔某人做某事〕 drive somebody to do something The detective wondered what had driven Christine to phone her. 警探不明白是什么原因促使克里斯蒂娜打电话给她。 drive somebody to/into something The noises in my head have nearly driven me to suicide. 我脑子里乱七八糟的声音几乎逼得我要自杀。 Phil, driven by jealousy, started spying on his wife. 菲尔在嫉妒心的驱使下开始暗中监视他的妻子。 4 make SB/STH be in a bad state 使某人/某物处于糟糕状态 [transitiveT] to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one 迫使，逼得〔某人或某物处于极糟糕的状态〕 drive somebody crazy/nuts/mad/insane (=make someone feel very annoyed) 把某人逼疯 This cough is driving me mad! 咳嗽快把我逼疯了！ drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited) 使某人性欲亢奋 drive somebody up the wall/out of their mind (=make someone feel very annoyed) 使某人非常生气 drive somebody to distraction/desperation The mosquitoes drive me to distraction. 蚊子搞得我心烦意乱。 drive somebody/something into something The factory had been driven into bankruptcy. 这家工厂被迫破产。 5 HIThit/push STH into STH 把某物钉入某物 [transitiveT] to hit or push something into something else 将…敲[打]入 drive something into something We watched Dad drive the posts into the ground. 我们看着爸爸把木桩打入地里。 She drove her heels into the sand. 她鞋跟踩进了沙子里。 6 make SB work 逼某人工作 [transitiveT] to make a person or animal work hard 驱使，逼迫〔人或动物拼命干活〕 drive yourself Don’t drive yourself too hard. 别把自己逼得太狠了。 7 sports 体育运动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] a) to move a ball etc forward in a game of baseball, football, golf etc by hitting or kicking it hard and fast 〔在棒球、足球、高尔夫球等运动中〕猛击，猛踢，猛抽（球） He drove the ball into the corner of the net. 他一脚抽射，球直挂网窝。 b) to run with the ball towards the goal in sports such as basketball and American football 〔篮球、美式橄榄球等中〕带（球）前进 →5 see picture at 见图 golf8 PROVIDE POWERprovide power 提供动力 [transitiveT]TP to provide the power for a vehicle or machine 为〔车辆或机器〕提供动力 petrol-driven/electrically-driven/battery-driven etc a petrol-driven lawn mower 汽油驱动的割草机 9 rain/wind etc 雨/风等 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction 〔雨、雪等〕猛下；〔风〕猛吹，猛刮 The rain was driving down hard. 雨下得很猛。 10 drive a coach and horses through something DESTROYto destroy an argument, plan etc completely 彻底推翻某事，摧毁某事 〔指论点、计划等〕 The new bill will drive a coach and horses through recent trade agreements. 这项新法案将彻底推翻最近达成的贸易协定。 Examples from the Corpus drive a coach and horses through something• But how useful would such a right be anyway, if an intelligence agency can drive a coach and horses through it?• Callinicos drives a coach and horses through postmodernism; well and good. 11 MAKE A HOLEmake a hole 钻洞 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]TI to make a large hole in something using heavy equipment or machinery 〔用重型设备或机器〕钻〔大洞〕 They drove a tunnel through the mountains. 他们开凿出一条穿山隧道。 12 drive something home CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto make something completely clear to someone 使某事明白无误 He didn’t have to drive the point home. The videotape had done that. 他不用详细解释，录像带里已说得很清楚了。 Examples from the Corpus drive ... point home• But it took the problem of cross- border sewage pollution to really drive the point home.• He didn't have to drive the point home. 13 drive a wedge between somebody DISAGREEto do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each other 挑拨某人之间的关系，离间某人，使某人不和 → drive/strike a hard bargain at hard1(18) I don’t want to drive a wedge between you and your father. 我不想破坏你和你父亲的感情。 Examples from the Corpus drive a wedge between somebody• The lawsuit also helped drive a wedge between Arpaio and Romley.• She'd driven a wedge between herself and Guy.• Instead of driving a wedge between lovers, a child can expand and deepen that love.• Such opposition to bureaucratic intrusion drove a wedge between many working-class people and the Fabian socialists.• It will potentially drive a wedge between the Catholic H.E.• The papal reform tended to drive a wedge between the educated, celibate higher clergy, and the rank and file.• The men of violence want to drive a wedge between the forces of law and order and the people they protect.• The deal drove a wedge between the president and fellow Republicans going into the 1992 elections.• The war had driven a wedge between the President and his liberal supporters.• Romley's lawsuit drove the wedge even farther between the two former friends. n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 4: to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one PHRASAL VERBSphrases drive somebody crazy/mad/insane spoken (also drive somebody nuts spoken informal) (=make someone feel very annoyed) The continuous noise was driving me crazy. drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited) He drives women wild. drive somebody up the wall/round the bend/out of their mind spoken informal (=make someone feel very annoyed) That voice of hers drives me up the wall. drive somebody to distraction (=make someone feel very upset or annoyed) She was being driven to distraction by her husband’s bad habits. drive somebody to despair/desperation (=make someone despair) Escalating personal debts have driven many people to despair. drive somebody to drink (=make someone so annoyed or upset that they depend on alcohol) His problems had almost driven him to drink. 14 drive at something phrasal verbphr v what somebody is driving atSAY the thing someone is really trying to say 某人说话的真正意图 SYN get at I still couldn’t understand what Toby was driving at. 我还是没弄懂托比到底想说什么。 Examples from the Corpus drive at • He was driving at a steady thirty-five.• Alarmed, and thinking that my President needed me, I dashed to get there, driving at foolhardy speed.• I don't know why I never drove at home.• When driving at night, sit in the car for a minute or two before starting off.• I knew what she was driving at: now we both had a dead parent, and both were suicides.• When driving at speed, the engineers noted that headwinds and crosswinds caused the blades to lift off the windscreen.• He let go the clutch, lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank, sand-spit dead ahead.• Ordering a staff car, he drove at top speed through the night to Paris. what somebody is driving at• She didn't mention "sexual harassment, " but I knew what she was driving at.• Many candidates don't recognize what the question is driving at. 15 drive somebody ↔ away phrasal verbphr v FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto behave in a way that makes someone leave 赶跑〔某人〕 He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away. 他很残忍，因为他想把我赶跑。 Examples from the Corpus drive away• Only the sun can drive them away.• The Defence Ministry claims that the range would benefit wildlife as it would drive people away.• Then, hardly knowing what she was doing, she drove wildly away.• Sometimes he turned, determined to drive the ghost away, but his blood ran cold with terror.• Odysseus was determined to drive the suitors away by force, but how could two men take on a whole company?• If this is done in hardness of spirit, it tends to harden attitudes and drive people away for the Lord.• The price deflator measures the size of price increases, and detects whether higher costs drive consumers away from a product.• We continued our drive, away from the golf course and to-ward the sea. 16 drive something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v BBTPEto make prices, costs etc fall quickly 〔迅速〕压低，降低〔价格、成本等〕 We have to drive down costs. 我们必须把成本降下来。 Examples from the Corpus drive down• She went out to talk to her son Bill, who had driven it down.• They're still at the stage where they have to drive the van down from Manchester themselves.• But we must drive inflation down so low that it no longer affects the decisions made by ordinary people, businesses and government.• Waite slammed his drive long and down the left side of the fairway.• The cattle were driven up and down the steep hill each spring and fall, well into the early 1940s.• Four nights, and on the fifth we drove you down To the Emergency Room.• We had finished the drive back down to the highway from Can - yon de Chelly in record time.• Hunger and a need for sea air drove Ruth down to the Puerto de Pollensa. 17.drive somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verbphr v to hit the ball so that another player can score a run in baseball 〔棒球击球〕使跑垒得分 Examples from the Corpus drive in• In the winter he was driven back in again.• So Fogarty drove them in, and Jack checked Kiki in at the Saulpaugh to get her away from the farm.• Denver had two drunken driving arrests in Colorado and was to be tried on one of those charges in January.• The only people who drive luxury saloons in East Oxford are drug dealers who do karate with their rottweilers to relax.• Jeanne drives Sophie around in her car.• We continue our drive towards Hollywood in silence, because there's nothing else to say about Dudley Moore.• As the tour will doubtless prove, what drives them crazy in Stourbridge holds good elsewhere.• It feels as if days have gone by in the ten hours since they drove this route in the opposite direction. 18 drive off phrasal verbphr v a) DSGto hit the ball to begin a game of golf 〔高尔夫球运动中〕开球 b) FORCE somebody TO DO something drive somebody ↔ off to force a person or animal to go away from you 赶走某人[动物] We keep dogs in the yard to drive off intruders. 我们在院子里养了几条狗防止外人闯入。 Examples from the Corpus drive off• Eddie ran out of the house, jumped into his car, and drove off.• Someone had smashed into her car, and then just driven off.• Adrian just had time to see his father jump into the truck and drive off in a cloud of dust. 19 drive somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto force someone or something to leave 迫使〔某人或某物〕离开 Downtown stores are being driven out by crime. 犯罪活动使得巿中心的商店一家家搬走了。 b) written to make something stop existing 使消失 As we went forward, our fear was driven out by horror. 我们走上前去，这时担心变成了恐惧。 Examples from the Corpus drive out• S. ambassador to the country that drove him out 40 years earlier.• Finally a bee drove the goats out.• It scores especially because most people most of the time don't drive flat out.• One of the friends, Manuel Cabrera, said he tried to grab Jamie but the intense heat drove him out.• He'd offered to pick her up and drive her out here.• Rescuers have tried unsuccessfully to drive them out into the open sea using a line of boats with their engines running.• He was helped by Athena to drive them out of their coverts, and as they flew up he shot them.• We drove way out past Reno, to the old Fielding place. 20 drive something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v BBTPEto make prices, costs etc rise quickly 迫使〔价格、成本等〕快速上升 The oil shortage drove gas prices up by 20 cents a gallon. 石油短缺使得每加仑油价上涨了20美分。 Examples from the Corpus drive up• People panicked when it was cold and it drove the market up.• There were a lot of cars parked in the drive and up and down the road.• I drove slowly up the road, not wishing to overtake the white police car.• His feet seemed hardly to touch the ground as the wind drove him up the slope.• S. policy drives the mullahs up the wall.• He drove her up to Fordham Road.• They told me to get in the squad car and we drove right up to it.• Depending on where your drive ends up you will face a tricky second shot to a long, narrow green. Examples from the Corpus drive• On our trip to Florida, I drove 300 miles in one day.• "How are you going to get there?" "I'm driving."• "How do you get to work?" "I drive."• "What car do you drive?" "A Fiat Brava."• Jeff drives a green Volvo.• Driving a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool was one of the most dangerous stunts Crawford had to perform.• Several times they started to build a city, but they were always driven away by misfortunes or bad omens.• Gang activity has driven business away from downtown.• Drive carefully - the roads are very icy.• He drove her home, leaving her down the block but watching her to make sure she got in okay.• Her mother's continual nagging drove her into running away from home.• At the trial, she claimed that years of abuse from her violent husband had driven her to kill him.• She didn't really want to drive herself to the doctor, so I said I'd take her.• The Protestant yeomanry still rode around the countryside intent on driving home the lessons of 1798: Rebellion will be punished!• I'm learning to drive. In fact, I take my test next week.• He said he would drive me home.• Can you drive me to the airport next Friday?• My love of competition is what drives me.• She drove off without saying goodbye.• McGwire drove the ball into right field.• Drive the nail into the wall at a downward angle.• It swirled and howled, driving the sleet and snow towards him alone.• Many farmers claim that they have been driven to desperation by the latest blow to the industry.• They completely failed and were driven to policies of austerity before they even got started.• Jenny drove to the coast for the weekend.• I learned how to drive when I was fifteen. drive yourself• I'd like a trap or a gig, something light I could drive myself.• The coach, on loan from Stanford, has driven herself even harder than usual.• The celebration started with the Club's President, Valentine Fleming, driving himself in, after which the match commenced.• But don't drive yourself into the ground.• Treat others as you would yourself, but drive yourself like a stuck mule.• And they can drive themselves quite crazy.• The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back. drive somebody to distraction/desperation• And just like in the Kronenbourg ad she can't stop driving men to distraction.• Boredom and isolation were driving Polly to desperation.• He seeks to blackmail Headstone but succeeds only in driving the man to desperation.• His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction.• Or will his lack of ambition drive you to distraction?• They lived inside a person's body and wriggled about until their presence drove him to distraction.• Zoe talks her dad into letting her have driving lessons but she and Janine drive Garry to distraction. drive yourself• I'd like a trap or a gig, something light I could drive myself.• The coach, on loan from Stanford, has driven herself even harder than usual.• The celebration started with the Club's President, Valentine Fleming, driving himself in, after which the match commenced.• But don't drive yourself into the ground.• Treat others as you would yourself, but drive yourself like a stuck mule.• And they can drive themselves quite crazy.• The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back. Motor vehicles, Household, Policies, Mechanical, Sport, Computers drive2 ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 IN A CARin a car 在车上 [countableC]TTC a journey in a car 驱车出行 drive to/along etc Let’s go for a drive along the coast. 我们开车沿着海岸去兜兜风吧。 Taylor took me for a drive through the town. 泰勒开车带我在城里兜风。 an hour’s/a two-hour etc drive ► see thesaurus at journey It’s a two-hour drive from Calais to Thiepval. 从加莱开车到蒂耶普瓦尔要两小时。 2 NATURAL NEEDnatural need 自然需求 [countableC]HBH a strong natural need or desire 本能的需求，基本欲求 The treatment will not affect your sex drive. 这种治疗不会影响你的性欲。 3 OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSEoutside your house 在房屋外面 [countableC]DH the hard area or road between your house and the street 〔房屋与街道之间的〕私人车道 SYN driveway in/on the drive He parked his car in the drive. 他把车停在私人车道上。 4 A FIGHT FOR somethingeffort 努力 [countableC]PPPSSO an effort to achieve something, especially an effort by an organization for a particular purpose 〔尤指有特定目的的有组织的〕活动，运动 a recruitment drive for new members 招募新成员的活动 an economy drive (=effort to reduce spending) 节约运动 drive to do something a nationwide drive to crack down on crime 打击犯罪的全国性运动 5 determination 干劲 [uncountableU]ENERGETIC determination and energy to succeed 干劲，魄力 Brian has got tremendous drive. 布赖恩干劲十足。 6 POWERpower 动力 [uncountableU]TTCTEM the power from an engine that makes the wheels of a vehicle go round 驱动 front-wheel/rear-wheel/four-wheel drive 前轮/后轮/四轮驱动 7 computer 计算机 [countableC] a piece of equipment in a computer that is used to get information from a disk or to store information on it 驱动器 hard/floppy/A etc drive 硬驱/软驱/A驱等 → disk drive8 SPORTsport 体育运动 [countableC]DS an act of hitting a ball hard, especially in tennis, baseball, or golf 〔尤指网球、棒球或高尔夫球的〕猛击，猛抽 He hit a long, high drive to right field. 他打了个又高又远的球到右场。 9 MILITARY ATTACKmilitary attack 军事进攻 [countableC]PM several military attacks 大规模攻击 drive into a drive deep into enemy territory 深入敌区的大规模攻击 10. animals 动物 [countableC] when animals such as cows or sheep are brought together and made to move in a particular direction 驱赶 n11. → Drive Examples from the Corpus drive• It's a beautiful day for a drive in the country.• The infantry made a drive deep into enemy territory.• Let's take a drive out to the farm.• Put your disk in the "A" drive and click on "save."• Brown was hired to lead a cattle drive north to the Canadian border.• The government's economy drive has failed to produce the expected savings.• As part of the bank's efficiency drive substantial cuts are being made in the workforce.• If you have a low-profile computer without a free drive bay, you may have no choice but to replace the original.• But where was the gear drive for the drill mechanism to come from?• Griffey hit a long, high drive to right field.• It's a two-hour drive to Hamilton from here.• He's clever enough, but he lacks drive.• She was found dead at her home in Maple Drive.• It's about a 20-minute drive into the city from here.• The beach is just a 20-minute drive from the city.• I needed to realign my life, it said, not just my putt or my drive.• We need a new drive for investment in Britain's inner cities.• The workers were laid off in July 1994 when Sprint abruptly closed the company amid a union organizing drive.• a scenic drive• George played the entire first quarter and started the first scoring drive, which Klingler finished.• The male sex drive is not necessarily stronger than the female.• The Health Department launched an anti-smoking drive.• Not much to look at, because the front lawn and the drive to the Manor were a shambles.• Bladder clenched, Thérèse limped down the drive behind her silent father.• Greg certainly has the drive to become a good lawyer.• The drive takes twelve hours in all.• The government must continue this drive to find new, cleaner forms of energy.• The pickup has four-wheel drive. took ... for a drive• He took them for drives, showing her the extraordinary beauties of Umbria.• Mrs Sargent was kind; she took them for drives in the car. sex drive• For many men, having a powerful sex drive is essential to their confidence.• These drugs may affect your sex drive. in/on the drive• A little before noon I heard his car in the drive, then the bell.• The average annual catch, mainly of striped dolphins, in the drive fisheries between 1975 and 1986 was 4734.• He invited you up the pitch to meet him on the drive.• Even inmates in Colorado prisons got in on the drive when Ross took envelopes to them to be addressed for mail solicitations.• In 1975, a record kill year, approximately 20,000 striped dolphins were killed in the drives.• Its real importance lies in the drive to refine the whole of physics into a single question.• I hope you are all well with exams safely over and not too much ice and snow on the drive.• He could hear a car drawing up on the drive outside. drive to do something• She is backing a drive to get more women top jobs.• It was looking for Camby to take the shot and simply watched Bright drive to the hoop for an easy layup.• Now she has joined the Breakthrough fundraising drive to build a research centre in London.• It will also move a program from one hard drive to another or from one computer to another.• One is the drive to allow retirees to earn more money without having their Social Security checks reduced.• Nevertheless the drive to achieve cuts even at the expense of standards has intensified. has ... drive• It has been checked on the dyno and Bertie has driven the car with the two management systems.• His brother has never driven a cab before either; this was going to be his first day.• By criminalizing physician-assisted suicide, the Supreme Court has driven a criminal wedge between the dying and their doctors.• This bus driver has driven us to the promised land.• He has driven in 74 runs, and he is batting. 512 in 82 at- bats with men in scoring position.• It seems that everyone in Sierra has been driven mad by the heat.• Each input-output tile has a 5mA drive capability and is not dedicated to a particular input-output pad.• If that happens, it will be Miller's ambition which has driven Hibs to another big occasion. front-wheel/rear-wheel/four-wheel drive• Hire a four-wheel drive vehicle - there are lots of off-the-beaten-track spots to discover.• The track soon becomes rocky and steep, but not too much of a challenge for a decent four-wheel drive.• Type: Front-engine, four-wheel drive, nine-passenger, full-size sport utility.• So why not fit four-wheel drive?• Three teams in 1969 raced four-wheel drive - Lotus, Tyrrell-Matra and who was the third?• She was an International Harvester Scout four-wheel drive.• I checked the four-wheel drive lever, eased off the brake and started forward.• Its name stands for recreational active vehicle with four-wheel drive and is priced for entry-level buyers. hard/floppy/A etc drive• There is an option to mount an additional 5.25inch floppy drive in a spare bay to the right.• An unscrupulous programmer could write an ActiveX program designed to erase a hard drive or deposit a virus.• Then he sat his boxed bear on the front seat beside him and went for a drive.• This is a drive to loiter over, a spot or series of spots to invest a fine day in.• I feel lousy when I have some terrific game to review and there's no space on my hard drive for it.• One answer to the problem is to add a second hard drive.• For a while, when hard drives were relatively small, you could back up your data on floppy disks.• It has a kind of cassette tape that stores the data from your hard drive. Drive 1 TTRused in the names of roads 路，道〔用于路名〕 → drive 141 Park Drive 公园路141号 From Longman Business Dictionary drivedrive1 /draɪv/ verb (past tensepst drove /drəʊvdroʊv/, past participlepp driven /ˈdrɪvən/, present participle driving) drive a hard bargainCOMMERCE to succeed by arguing in a very determined way in making an agreement that is very much to your advantage Sorrell drives a hard bargain and may not sell at all if he can’t get a suitable price. → drive something → down → drive something → up drivedrive2 noun [countableC] 1a planned effort by an organization to achieve something They have decided to sell some parts of the business in a drive to raise capital. The airlines will step up their recruitment drive for pilots in North America. 2COMPUTING a part of a computer that reads information from a disk → CD-ROM drive → disk drive → tape driveInsert the floppy disk into Drive A. Old English drifan |
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