新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

drive

英 [draɪv]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

drives
1. [C 可数名词] 驾车旅行 , 乘车兜风
A drive is a trip in a car or other vehicle.
双语例句
例：
I thought we might go for a drive on Sunday.
我想周日我们可以开车去兜风。
2. [C 可数名词] （将私人住宅和大路连接起来的）车道
A drive is a wide piece of hard ground, or sometimes a private road, that leads from the road to a person's house.
近义词
driveway
双语例句
例：
The boys followed Eleanor up the drive to the house.
男孩们跟着埃莉诺上了通向房子的车道。
3. [C 可数名词] 驱动装置
You use drive to refer to the mechanical part of a computer which reads the data on disks and tapes, or writes data onto them.
双语例句
例：
The firm specialized in supplying pieces of equipment, such as terminals, tape drives, or printers.
这家公司专营各种设备配件，比如终端机、磁带机、打印机。
4. [C 可数名词] 欲望
A drive is a very strong need or desire in human beings that makes them act in particular ways.
双语例句
例：
compelling, dynamic sex drives.
不可遏制的强烈性欲。
5. [U 不可数名词] 干劲儿
If you say that someone has drive, you mean they have energy and determination.
双语例句
例：
John will be best remembered for his drive and enthusiasm.
约翰的干劲和热情让人难以忘怀。
6. [SING 单数型名词] 运动
A drive is a special effort made by a group of people for a particular purpose.
近义词
campaign
双语例句
例：
The ANC is about to launch a nationwide recruitment drive.
非洲国民大会打算发动一次全国征兵运动。
7. [C 可数名词] …道 , …街
Drive is used in the names of some streets.
双语例句
例：
3091 North Beverly Hills Drive, Beverly Hills, CA.
加利福尼亚州贝弗利山，北贝弗利山庄街3091号。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

drive away
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 赶走
To drive people away means to make them want to go away or stay away.
双语例句
例：
Patrick's rudeness soon drove Monica's friends away.
帕特里克态度粗鲁，莫妮卡的朋友们很快就对其敬而远之。

VERB. 动词

drives , driving , drove , driven
1. [I 不及物动词] 驾驶
When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction.
双语例句
例：
I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner.
我开车进城到一家餐馆用餐。
例：
She never learned to drive.
她从未学过开车。
例：
We drove the car down to Richmond for the weekend.
我们开车南下到里士满度周末。
2. [T 及物动词] 开车送（某人去某处）
If you drive someone somewhere, you take them there in a car or other vehicle.
双语例句
例：
His daughter Carly drove him to the train station.
她的女儿卡莉开车送他去火车站。
3. [T 及物动词] 驱动
If something drives a machine, it supplies the power that makes it work.
双语例句
例：
The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
电流流入驱动轮子的电动机。
4. [T 及物动词] （把钉子等）钉进
If you drive something such as a nail into something else, you push it in or hammer it in using a lot of effort.
双语例句
例：
I had to use our sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the side of the path.
我不得不用我们的大锤把桩子砸进路边。
5. [I 不及物动词] （向某个方向猛烈地）吹打
If the wind, rain, or snow drives in a particular direction, it moves with great force in that direction.
双语例句
例：
Rain drove against the window.
雨打着窗户。
6. [T 及物动词] 驱赶
If you drive people or animals somewhere, you make them go to or from that place.
双语例句
例：
The last offensive drove thousands of people into Thailand.
最近的一次进攻把成千上万的人驱赶到了泰国。
7. [T 及物动词] 强迫 , 迫使
To drive someone into a particular state or situation means to force them into that state or situation.
双语例句
例：
The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy.
经济萧条和医药费逼得他们破产了。
8. [T 及物动词] 驱使
The desire or feeling that drives a person to do something, especially something extreme, is the desire or feeling that causes them to do it.
双语例句
例：
More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide.
不止一次，抑郁驱使他试图自杀。
例：
Jealousy drives people to murder.
忌妒心驱使人们杀害他人。