drive是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to move or travel on land in a motor vehicle, especially as the person controlling the vehicle's movement -- 開（車），駕駛

  • I'm learning to drive. 我在學開車。

  • "Are you going by train?" "No, I'm driving." 「你乘火車去嗎？」「不，我開車去。」

  • She drives a red sports car. 她開一輛紅色跑車。

  • They're driving to Chicago on Tuesday. 星期二他們要開車去芝加哥。

  • We saw their car outside the house and drove on/past/away. 我們看見他們的車在房子外面，然後就開車往前走／過去／離開了。

  • I drove my daughter to school. 我開車送女兒上學。

  • Smith was arrested and charged with DWI. 史密斯已被捕並被指控酒後駕駛。

• 1 to force someone or something to go somewhere or do something -- 驅趕，趕走；迫使，驅使

  • They used dogs to drive the sheep into a pen. 他們用狗把羊趕進圈裡。

  • A post had been driven (= hit hard) into the ground near the tree. 一根柱子被砸進了那棵樹旁邊的地裡。

  • By the end of the year, most of the occupying troops had been driven from the city. 到年底時大部分佔領軍都被趕出了這個城市。

  • [ + to infinitive ] In the end, it was his violent behaviour that drove her to leave home. 最終是他的暴力行為讓她離開了家。

  • In the course of history, love has driven men and women to strange extremes. 在歷史的進程中，愛情曾經迫使男人和女人做出荒謬極端的事情。

  • 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經濟陷入嚴重衰退。

  • 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們住在一起，她快把我給逼瘋了。

  • He leaves dirty clothes all over the floor and it's driving me mad. 地板上到處都是他扔的骯髒衣服，真要把我氣瘋了。

  • When he runs his fingers through my hair, it drives me wild! 當他的手指掠過我的頭髮時，我興奮極了！

• 2 to provide the power to keep a machine working, or to make something happen -- 驅動；推動

  • The engine drives the wheels. 引擎驅動車輪。

  • Water drives the turbines that produce electricity. 水驅動渦輪機發電。

  • Slater drove the ball down the fairway. 斯萊特沿著球道奮力擊球。

• 3 used in the names of some roads, especially roads containing houses -- （尤用於沿途有房屋的道路名稱）路，大道

  • 12 Maple Drive 楓樹路12號

  • I parked in the drive. 我把車停在私人車道上。

• 4 a planned effort to achieve something -- 有計劃的努力；運動

  • The latest promotional material is all part of a recruitment drive. 最新的宣傳材料只是徵兵運動的一部分。

  • UK I'm meant to be on an economy drive at the moment, so I'm trying not to spend too much. 現在我打算勤儉節約，所以正在盡量控制花費。

• 5 a device for storing computer information -- 磁碟機

  • a hard drive 軟／硬碟機

  • a DVD drive DVD光碟機

  • a CD drive CD光碟機

• 6 a journey by car -- 驅車出行；駕車路程

  • It's a long drive from Auckland to Wellington. 從奧克蘭到威靈頓開車要走很長時間。

  • Shall we go for a drive this afternoon? 我們下午開車去兜風好嗎?

  • a car with left-hand/right-hand drive (= in which the driver sits in the seat on the left/right). 左／右座駕駛的汽車

  • a four-wheel drive vehicle 四輪驅動的車輛

• 7 energy and determination to achieve things -- 幹勁；魄力；決心；慾望

  • We are looking for someone with drive and ambition. 我們在尋找有幹勁、有抱負的人。

  • [ + to infinitive ] He has the drive to succeed. 他有取得成功的決心。

  • Later on in life the sex drive tends to diminish. 人到晚年性慾往往會逐步減退。