VEHICLE 车辆

MAKE SB MOVE 使某人移动, [T] 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。

MAKE SB DO STH 驱使某人做某事, [T] to strongly influence someone to do something

迫使，促使〔某人做某事〕:

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。

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妻子。

MAKE SB / STH BE IN A BAD STATE 使某人/某物处于糟糕的状态, [T] to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one

迫使，逼得〔某人或某事处于极糟糕的状态〕:

This cough is driving me mad!

咳嗽快把我逼疯了！

The mosquitoes drive me to distraction.

蚊子搞得我心烦意乱。

The factory had been driven into bankruptcy.

这家工厂被迫破产。

HIT / PUSH STH INTO STH 把某物钉入某物, [T] to hit or push something into something else

将〔钉子等〕敲（打）入:

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。

MAKE SB WORK 逼某人工作, [T] to make a person or animal work hard

驱使，逼迫〔人或牲畜拼命干活〕:

Don't drive yourself too hard.

别把自己逼得太狠了。

SPORTS 体育运动, [I,T]

PROVIDE POWER 提供动力, [T] to provide the power for a vehicle or machine

为〔车辆或机器〕提供动力:

a petrol-driven lawn mower

用汽油作动力的割草机

RAIN / WIND ETC 雨/风等, [I always + adv / prep] if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction

〔雨、雪、风等〕落，吹，刮:

The rain was driving down hard.

雨下得很猛。

drive a coach and horses through sth, to 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。

MAKE A HOLE 钻洞, [T always + adv / prep] 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。

drive sth home, to 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.

他不必详加解释，看了录像带就很明白了。

drive a wedge between sb, to do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each other

挑拨，离间〔人们的关系〕，使不和:

I don't want to drive a wedge between you and your father.

我不想离间你和你父亲的感情。

IN A CAR 乘车, [C] a journey in a car

驱车出行:

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.

泰勒开车带我去城里兜风。

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。

NATURAL NEED 自然需求, [C] a strong natural need or desire

本能的需求，基本欲求:

The treatment will not affect your sex drive .

该疗法不会影响你的性欲。

OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE 在房屋外边, [C] the hard area or road between your house and the street

〔房屋与街道之间的〕私人车道;

He parked his car in the drive.

他把车停在私人车道上。

EFFORT 努力, [C] an effort to achieve something, especially an effort by an organization for a particular purpose

〔尤指为某一目的有组织的〕努力，运动:

a recruitment drive for new members

招募新成员的运动

an economy drive (=effort to reduce spending)

节约运动

a nationwide drive to crack down on crime

打击犯罪的全国性运动

DETERMINATION 干劲, [U] determination and energy to succeed

干劲，魄力:

Brian has got tremendous drive .

布赖恩干劲十足。

POWER 动力, [U] the power from an engine that makes the wheels of a vehicle go round

驱动:

COMPUTER 计算机, [C] 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:

SPORT 体育运动, [C] 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。

MILITARY ATTACK 军事进攻, [C] several military attacks

大规模攻击:

a drive deep into enemy territory

深入敌区的大规模攻击

ANIMALS 动物, [C] when animals such as cows or sheep are brought together and made to move in a particular direction

驱赶

Drive, used in the names of roads

路，道〔用于路名〕:

141 Park Drive

公园路 141 号