drive

vt

• ① 驱逐;赶(失、马);追逐(鸟兽、敌人)
  • Drive him away.把他赶走。
  • The dog drove the sheep in.狗把绵羊赶进来。
  • She drove them back [out]她把他们赶回[出]去
  • He drove the sheep to the fields.他把绵羊赶到原野。
  • They drove the enemy from the castle.他们把敌人逐出那个城堡。

• ② 驾驶;驾驭;用车运;用车送
  • He drives a taxi.他是开出租车的。
  • I drive a Cadillac.我开的是凯迪拉克。
  • She drove her car to work.她开车去上班。
  • I'll drive you home [to the airport].我会开车送你回家[到机场]。

• ③ (蒸汽、电等)推动(机器);驱动
  • Steam can be used to drive generators.蒸汽可用来推动发电机。
  • They drive some of the rockets now with liquid hydrogen.他们现在推动火箭有些是用液化氢。
  • The machine is driven by electricity.这种机器是用电力推动的。

• ④ (风吹);(水)冲
  • Huge waves drove the ship on to the rocks.巨浪把船吹到岩礁上。
  • The wind drove the rain against the window.风把雨点吹打在窗子上。

• ⑤ 使(某人)处(某种状态),逼迫
  • His son's death drove him to despair.儿子的死亡使他陷于绝望。
  • Her husband's death drove her out of her senses.丈夫的死亡使她狂乱。
  • Hunger drove her to steal a loaf of bread.饥饿迫使她去偷一条面包。
  • He was driven to resign.他被迫辞职。
  • The noise nearly drove me crazy.那噪音几乎使我发狂。
  • The news drove him mad.那个消息使他发疯了。

• ⑥ 打入(钉子、螺丝、木桩等);注入(头脑);掘(隧道、井);筑(铁路)
  • He drove a nail into the wall.他把一根钉子钉入墙中。
  • He tried to drive the lesson into her head.他试图把那个教训注入她的脑子里。
  • They drove a tunnel through the hill.他们掘隧道穿过那座小山。
  • drive a tunnel under a river [the sea, the English Channel]在河[海、英吉利海峡]底挖掘隧道
  • drive a railway across [through] a steppe筑铁路通过大草原

• ⑦[通常附有hard]驱使;辛苦工作;严格训练
  • He drives his workers hard.他使工人辛苦工作。

• ⑧ 从事(买卖等);达成(交易等)
  • He drove a roaring trade.他经营兴隆的生意。
  • drive a good bargain完成一笔有利的交易

• ⑨[高球等]用力击(球);强打;【网球】发(急球);【棒球】投(直球)
  • Tom drove the ball to the boundary.(板球赛中)汤姆把球打到边界。