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  • Conjugation : past  drove ; pp  driven ; ing  driving
  • Derivatives : adj  drivable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

drive [draɪv]
  1. 1. noun [c] (journey) 车程
    It's a thirty mile drive.
    有30英里车程
  2. 2. noun [c] (also: driveway) 私家车道
    A private drive leads up to the palace.
    一条私家车道通往宫殿
  3. 3. noun 15 Alexander Drive (in road names) 亚历山大大道15号
  4. 4. noun [u] (energy) 干劲
  5. 5. noun [c] (campaign) 运动
    a drive to recruit more staff
    征召更多成员运动
  6. 6. noun [c] (in golf) 猛击
  7. 7. noun [c] (also: CD ROM/disk drive) 驱动器
  8. 8. vt. [+vehicle] 驾驶
    It's her turn to drive the car.
    该她驾车了。
  9. 9. vt. to drive sb to the station/airport 驱车某人车站/飞机场
  10. 10. vt. [+machine, motor, wheel] (run) 推动
  11. 11. vt. [+nail, stake etc] to drive sth into sth 把某物钉入某物
  12. 12. vt. [+animal] 驱赶
  13. 13. vt. [+people] 迫使
    The war drove thousands of people into Thailand.
    战争迫使成千上万的人进入泰国
  14. 14. vt. [+ball] 猛击
    Tom drove the ball into the net.
    汤姆将球击入网内。
  15. 15. vt. (incite, encourage) 驱使
    a man driven by greed and envy
    受到贪欲嫉妒驱使男人
  16. 16. vi. (at controls of vehicle) 开车
    They have never learned to drive.
    他们从未学过开车
  17. 17. vi. (travel) 开车
    to go for a drive
    开车兜风
    it's a 3-hour drive from London
    伦敦要3个小时车程
    left-/right-hand drive
    左/右手座驾驶
    front-/rear-wheel drive
    前/后轮驱动
    he drives a taxi/lorry
    开出租车/卡车
    to drive sb mad/to desperation
    逼得某人发疯/绝望
    to drive sb to (do) sth
    迫使某人做某事
    to drive at 50 km an hour
    每小时50公里速度驾车
    what are you driving at?
    你是什么意思

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

drive [draɪv] [draɪv]
  1. 1. vt. 驱(动);驱赶驱逐,赶,赶走
    The mall has driven many small shops out of the area.
    这个商场周遭很多的小店都给挤走了。
    They fought bravely to drive away enemies from their country.
    他们为把敌驱逐出去英勇作战
    The secessionists firmly believed they would in a few days drive the army from this city.
    分裂主义者坚信他们几天以后就能把军队城里赶走
  2. 2. vt. 驾驶汽车马车牛车机车等)
    My 16-year-old daughter is learning to drive.
    我16岁的女儿正在开车
    We decided to drive to the beach.
    我们决定开车海滩
  3. 3. vt. 强迫逼迫迫使驱使
    be driven mad
    被逼疯
    You are driving me crazy!
    你快把我逼疯了!
    Is your boss driving you mad?
    老板让你抓狂不?
  4. 4. vt. 强迫做工,使工作过度
  5. 5. vt. 用力打击(或冲击猛敲
  6. 6. vt. [golf] [sports] 猛力掷(球),用力击(球);迅速抛(球);抽(球);(尤指)(从球座发(球
    Mike drove the ball down the fairway.
    麦克一下把球击到了球到上。
    He drove the ball too high during pitching.
    他掷球掷得太高了。
  7. 7. vt. 使通过,使穿过
  8. 8. vt. 把…打穿,把(钉子、桩等)打入(或打进),钉入;穿透打洞
    drive a hole through metal
    金属板打洞
    The carpenter drove the nail into the floor.
    木匠钉子钉进了木板
  9. 9. vt. 汽车(或其他运输工具运输,用车送
  10. 10. vt. 推动发动机器等)
    A gasoline engine drives the motorboat.
    汽油引擎推动汽船
    Revenue and net income growth was driven by higher purchase sales and average loans.
    购销额和平均贷额的增高推动税收和净收入的增长
    The engine drives the wheels.
    引擎带动机车。
  11. 11. vt. 努力做(生意);促成交易等),使成(交)
  12. 12. vi. 驾驶,驾车,开车赶车行车
  13. 13. vi. 乘车,搭车
  14. 14. vi. 猛进猛冲突进飞跑;驱(进);向前疾驶
  15. 15. vi. 努力(或竭力工作
  16. 16. vi. [sports] 猛力掷球(或投球),用力击球(或打球);抽球猛力投掷
  17. 17. noun 驱使驱赶驾驶
  18. 18. noun 驾车(或驱车旅行旅程
    The drive from San Diego to Los Angeles took 4 hours.
    圣地亚哥洛杉矶开了4个小时的车。
    It was raining heavily during the drive to Nanjing.
    开车南京一路上雨都下得很大。
  19. 19. noun 汽车道车道,行车道路
    They are waiting on the drive.
    他们正在车道上等着呢
    He parked in the drive.
    他把车停在了车道上。
  20. 20. noun [American English] 赶拢牲口(以打烙印屠宰等);(被赶拢的)畜群
  21. 21. noun [golf] 掷球;击球抽球发球击球(或掷球、抽球方式
  22. 22. noun [American English] 运动竞赛
    He is helping promote a drive to persuade more people to consider adoption.
    他正在帮助宣传,努力说服更多的人考虑领养。
  23. 23. noun [American English] [military] 大规模强攻(或进攻
  24. 24. noun [American English] 动力精力活力干劲魄力
    The team was ready for a drive toward the champion.
    这个准备好了为赢得冠军努力奋斗
    We have started a drive to find export markets to achieve economies of scale for our industry.
    我们已经开始努力寻找出口市场,实现行业的规模经济。
    Last month, we started a drive to raise $19,000 to print more leaflets.
    上个月我们卯足干劲儿,筹集了一万九千美元加印了传单。
  25. 25. noun 工作等的)压力紧迫紧张(状态
  26. 26. noun [American English] 顺流而下至锯木厂的)木排
  27. 27. noun [mechanics] 传动驱动传动装置
    a gear drive
    齿轮传动
    My brother has a four-wheel drive vehicle.
    我哥哥的车是四轮驱动。
  28. 28. noun [mechanics] 主动
  29. 29. noun [psychology] 内)驱力
  30. 30. noun [computer] 传动机构(由电动机加上一个机关组成,该机头阅读磁带磁盘磁性存储媒介
    I have my homework saved on the C: drive.
    我把家庭作业存到了C盘上。

Collins English-English Dictionary

drive [draɪv]
  1. 1. vb to push, propel, or be pushed or propelled
  2. 2. vb to control and guide the movement of (a vehicle, draught animal, etc)
    to drive a car
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to compel or urge to work or act, esp excessively
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to goad or force into a specified attitude or state
    work drove him to despair
  5. 5. vt. [tr] to cause (an object) to make or form (a hole, crack, etc)
    his blow drove a hole in the wall
  6. 6. vt. to move or cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
  7. 7. vt. [sport] to hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically
  8. 8. vt. [golf] to strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to chase (game) from cover into more open ground
  10. 10. vt. to search (an area) for game
  11. 11. vt. to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle
  12. 12. vi. [intr] to rush or dash violently, esp against an obstacle or solid object
    the waves drove against the rock
  13. 13. vt. [tr] to carry through or transact with vigour (esp in the phrase drive a hard bargain)
  14. 14. vt. [tr] to force (a component) into or out of its location by means of blows or a press
  15. 15. vt. [tr] [mining] to excavate horizontally
  16. 16. vt. [tr] [NZ] to fell (a tree or trees) by the impact of another felled tree
  17. 17. n the act of driving
  18. 18. n a trip or journey in a driven vehicle
  19. 19. n a road for vehicles, esp a private road leading to a house
  20. 20. n (capital when part of a street name)
    Woodland Drive
  21. 21. n vigorous or urgent pressure, as in business
  22. 22. n a united effort, esp directed towards a common goal
    a charity drive
  23. 23. n [Brit] a large gathering of persons to play cards, etc - See beetle drive whist drive
  24. 24. n energy, ambition, or initiative
  25. 25. n [psychol] a motive or interest, such as sex, hunger, or ambition, that actuates an organism to attain a goal
  26. 26. n a sustained and powerful military offensive
  27. 27. n the means by which force, torque, motion, or power is transmitted in a mechanism
    fluid drive
  28. 28. n (as modifier)
    a drive shaft
  29. 29. n [sport] a hard straight shot or stroke
  30. 30. n a search for and chasing of game towards waiting guns
  31. 31. n [electronics] the signal applied to the input of an amplifier
  32. 32. n [Etymology] Old English drifan; related to Old Frisian driva, Old Norse drifa, Gothic dreiban, Old High German triban

Examples

drive against the traffic
(汽车)逆驶 against
drive with care
小心驾驶 care
drive a hole through metal
在金属板上打洞 drive
a gear drive
齿轮传动 drive
a four-wheel drive
四轮驱动 four-wheel
to drive a nail home
把钉子深深敲进去 home
to drive out a driveway
沿着车道开去 out
a machine with an overhead drive
架空开动的机器 overhead
to drive under a bridge
驾车从桥下穿过 under
You can't drive if your are drunk, first because it's dangerous and then because is against the law.
你喝酒了就不能开车,首先这很危险,其次也违反法律。

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