driven Значение & определение

Значение на driven на български

• 0 Someone who is driven is so determined to achieve something or be successful that all of their behaviour is directed towards this aim:

  • Like most of the lawyers that I know, Rachel is driven.

• 1 providing the power to keep a machine working, or to make something happen:

  • The new ships, propelled by gas turbines, require less maintenance than older, steam-driven ones.

  • The fact remains that there are some public services that cannot be entirely market-driven (= controlled by economic forces).

• 2 describing the person driving a vehicle:

  • He arrived every morning by chauffeur-driven car.

• 3 if someone is driven, all their effort is directed towards achieving a particular result:

  • He is a driven man - capable of anything.

• 4 caused or influenced by something or someone:

  • The company's policies are essentially cost-driven.

  • consumer-driven/market-driven/product-driven

• 5 moved, operated, or controlled by something:

  • The decline accelerated in late afternoon as computer-driven selling kicked in.

  • diesel-driven/gas-driven/electrically-driven vehicle