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 -- 开（车），驾驶

  • I'm learning to drive. 我在学开车。

  • "Are you going by train?" "No, I'm driving." “你乘火车去吗？”“不，我开车去。”

  • She drives a red sports car. 她开一辆红色跑车。

  • They're driving to Chicago on Tuesday. 星期二他们要开车去芝加哥。

  • We saw their car outside the house and drove on/past/away. 我们看见他们的车在房子外面，然后就开车往前走／过去／离开了。

  • I drove my daughter to school. 我开车送女儿上学。

  • Smith was arrested and charged with DWI. 史密斯已被捕并被指控酒后驾驶。

• 1 to force someone or something to go somewhere or do something -- 驱赶，赶走；迫使，驱使

  • They used dogs to drive the sheep into a pen. 他们用狗把羊赶进圈里。

  • A post had been driven (= hit hard) into the ground near the tree. 一根柱子被砸进了那棵树旁边的地里。

  • By the end of the year, most of the occupying troops had been driven from the city. 到年底时大部分占领军都被赶出了这个城市。

  • [ + to infinitive ] In the end, it was his violent behaviour that drove her to leave home. 最终是他的暴力行为让她离开了家。

  • In the course of history, love has driven men and women to strange extremes. 在历史的进程中，爱情曾经迫使男人和女人做出荒谬极端的事情。

  • 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经济陷入严重衰退。

  • 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们住在一起，她快把我给逼疯了。

  • He leaves dirty clothes all over the floor and it's driving me mad. 地板上到处都是他扔的脏衣服，真要把我给气疯了。

  • When he runs his fingers through my hair, it drives me wild! 当他的手指掠过我的头发时，我兴奋极了！

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

  • The engine drives the wheels. 发动机驱动车轮。

  • Water drives the turbines that produce electricity. 水驱动涡轮机发电。

  • Slater drove the ball down the fairway. 斯莱特沿着球道奋力击球。

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

  • 12 Maple Drive 枫树路12号

  • I parked in the drive. 我把车停在私人车道上。

• 4 a planned effort to achieve something -- 有计划的努力；运动

  • The latest promotional material is all part of a recruitment drive. 最新的宣传材料只是征兵运动的一部分。

  • UK I'm meant to be on an economy drive at the moment, so I'm trying not to spend too much. 现在我打算勤俭节约，所以正在尽量控制花销。

• 5 a device for storing computer information -- 驱动器

  • a hard drive 软／硬盘驱动器

  • a DVD drive DVD驱动器

  • a CD drive CD驱动器

• 6 a journey by car -- 驱车出行；驾车路程

  • It's a long drive from Auckland to Wellington. 从奥克兰到惠灵顿开车要走很长时间。

  • Shall we go for a drive this afternoon? 我们下午开车去兜风好吗?

  • a car with left-hand/right-hand drive (= in which the driver sits in the seat on the left/right). 左／右座驾驶的汽车

  • a four-wheel drive vehicle 四轮驱动的车辆

• 7 energy and determination to achieve things -- 干劲；魄力；决心；欲望

  • We are looking for someone with drive and ambition. 我们在寻找有干劲、有抱负的人。

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

  • Later on in life the sex drive tends to diminish. 人到晚年性欲往往会逐步减退。