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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++drive1 /draɪv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense drove /drəʊv $ droʊv/, past participle driven /ˈdrɪvən/) 1 OPERATE A VEHICLEvehicle 车辆 a) [intransitive, transitive]TTC to make a car, truck, bus etc move along 开车，驾驶drive to/down/off etc I am planning to drive to Morocco next year. 明年我打算驾车去摩洛哥。 the man driving the car 开车的男子 Can you drive? 你会开车吗？ So when did you learn to drive? 那么你是什么时候学会开车的？ Bye! Drive carefully! 再见！开车小心！ He drives 12 miles to work. 他驾车12英里去上班。 He drives (=has) a BMW estate. 他开一辆宝马旅行车。 b) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a car, truck etc drives somewhere, it moves there 〔车〕行驶 After the accident, the other car just drove off. 出事后另外一辆车径自开走了。 c) TRAVEL SOMEWHERE[intransitive]TTC if people drive somewhere, they travel somewhere in a car 开车去 Shall we drive or take the bus? 我们开车去还是坐公共汽车去？drive to/down/off etc They drove back to Woodside. 他们开车回到了伍德赛德。 d) TAKE somebody SOMEWHERE[transitive always + adverb/preposition]TTC to take someone somewhere in a car, truck etc 驾车送〔人〕 She drove Anna to London. 她开车送安娜去伦敦。 I’ll drive you home. 我来开车送你回家。drive yourself I drove myself to hospital. 我自己开车去了医院。2 FORCE somebody/somethingmake SB move 使某人移动 [transitive] to force a person or animal to go somewhere 驱赶，驱使，迫使…去〔某处〕 Torrential rain drove the players off the course. 滂沱大雨迫使选手们离开了赛场。 With a few loud whistles, they drove the donkeys out of the enclosure. 随着几声响亮的哨声，他们把驴子赶出了围栏。3 FEELINGmake SB do STH 驱使某人做某事 [transitive] to strongly influence someone to do something 迫使，促使〔某人做某事〕drive somebody to do something The detective wondered what had driven Christine to phone her. 警探不明白是什么原因促使克里斯蒂娜打电话给她。drive somebody to/into something The noises in my head have nearly driven me to suicide. 我脑子里乱七八糟的声音几乎逼得我要自杀。 Phil, driven by jealousy, started spying on his wife. 菲尔在嫉妒心的驱使下开始暗中监视他的妻子。4 make SB/STH be in a bad state 使某人/某物处于糟糕状态 [transitive] to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one 迫使，逼得〔某人或某物处于极糟糕的状态〕drive somebody crazy/nuts/mad/insane (=make someone feel very annoyed) 把某人逼疯 This cough is driving me mad! 咳嗽快把我逼疯了！drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited) 使某人性欲亢奋drive somebody up the wall/out of their mind (=make someone feel very annoyed) 使某人非常生气drive somebody to distraction/desperation The mosquitoes drive me to distraction. 蚊子搞得我心烦意乱。drive somebody/something into something The factory had been driven into bankruptcy. 这家工厂被迫破产。5 HIThit/push STH into STH 把某物钉入某物 [transitive] to hit or push something into something else 将…敲[打]入6 make SB work 逼某人工作 [transitive] to make a person or animal work hard 驱使，逼迫〔人或动物拼命干活〕7 sports 体育运动 [intransitive, transitive]8 PROVIDE POWERprovide power 提供动力 [transitive]TP to provide the power for a vehicle or machine 为〔车辆或机器〕提供动力9 rain/wind etc 雨/风等 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction 〔雨、雪等〕猛下；〔风〕猛吹，猛刮10 drive a coach and horses through something DESTROYto destroy an argument, plan etc completely 彻底推翻某事，摧毁某事 〔指论点、计划等〕11 MAKE A HOLEmake a hole 钻洞 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]TI to make a large hole in something using heavy equipment or machinery 〔用重型设备或机器〕钻〔大洞〕12 drive something home CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto make something completely clear to someone 使某事明白无误13 drive a wedge between somebody DISAGREEto do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each other 挑拨某人之间的关系，离间某人，使某人不和 → drive/strike a hard bargain at hard1(18)n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 4: to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional onephrasesdrive somebody crazy/mad/insane spoken (also drive somebody nuts spoken informal) (=make someone feel very annoyed)The continuous noise was driving me crazy.drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited)He drives women wild.drive somebody up the wall/round the bend/out of their mind spoken informal (=make someone feel very annoyed)That voice of hers drives me up the wall.drive somebody to distraction (=make someone feel very upset or annoyed)She was being driven to distraction by her husband’s bad habits.drive somebody to despair/desperation (=make someone despair)Escalating personal debts have driven many people to despair.drive somebody to drink (=make someone so annoyed or upset that they depend on alcohol)His problems had almost driven him to drink. PHRASAL VERBS→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
drive• On our trip to Florida, I drove 300 miles in one day.• "How are you going to get there?" "I'm driving."• "How do you get to work?" "I drive."• "What car do you drive?" "A Fiat Brava."• Jeff drives a green Volvo.• Driving a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool was one of the most dangerous stunts Crawford had to perform.• Several times they started to build a city, but they were always driven away by misfortunes or bad omens.• Gang activity has driven business away from downtown.• Drive carefully - the roads are very icy.• He drove her home, leaving her down the block but watching her to make sure she got in okay.• Her mother's continual nagging drove her into running away from home.• At the trial, she claimed that years of abuse from her violent husband had driven her to kill him.• She didn't really want to drive herself to the doctor, so I said I'd take her.• The Protestant yeomanry still rode around the countryside intent on driving home the lessons of 1798: Rebellion will be punished!• I'm learning to drive. In fact, I take my test next week.• He said he would drive me home.• Can you drive me to the airport next Friday?• My love of competition is what drives me.• She drove off without saying goodbye.• McGwire drove the ball into right field.• Drive the nail into the wall at a downward angle.• It swirled and howled, driving the sleet and snow towards him alone.• Many farmers claim that they have been driven to desperation by the latest blow to the industry.• They completely failed and were driven to policies of austerity before they even got started.• Jenny drove to the coast for the weekend.• I learned how to drive when I was fifteen.drive yourself• I'd like a trap or a gig, something light I could drive myself.• The coach, on loan from Stanford, has driven herself even harder than usual.• The celebration started with the Club's President, Valentine Fleming, driving himself in, after which the match commenced.• But don't drive yourself into the ground.• Treat others as you would yourself, but drive yourself like a stuck mule.• And they can drive themselves quite crazy.• The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back.drive somebody to distraction/desperation• And just like in the Kronenbourg ad she can't stop driving men to distraction.• Boredom and isolation were driving Polly to desperation.• He seeks to blackmail Headstone but succeeds only in driving the man to desperation.• His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction.• Or will his lack of ambition drive you to distraction?• They lived inside a person's body and wriggled about until their presence drove him to distraction.• Zoe talks her dad into letting her have driving lessons but she and Janine drive Garry to distraction.drive yourself• I'd like a trap or a gig, something light I could drive myself.• The coach, on loan from Stanford, has driven herself even harder than usual.• The celebration started with the Club's President, Valentine Fleming, driving himself in, after which the match commenced.• But don't drive yourself into the ground.• Treat others as you would yourself, but drive yourself like a stuck mule.• And they can drive themselves quite crazy.• The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back.drive2 ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 IN A CARin a car 在车上 [countable]TTC a journey in a car 驱车出行2 NATURAL NEEDnatural need 自然需求 [countable]HBH a strong natural need or desire 本能的需求，基本欲求3 OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSEoutside your house 在房屋外面 [countable]DH the hard area or road between your house and the street 〔房屋与街道之间的〕私人车道 SYN driveway4 A FIGHT FOR somethingeffort 努力 [countable]PPPSSO an effort to achieve something, especially an effort by an organization for a particular purpose 〔尤指有特定目的的有组织的〕活动，运动5 determination 干劲 [uncountable]ENERGETIC determination and energy to succeed 干劲，魄力6 POWERpower 动力 [uncountable]TTCTEM the power from an engine that makes the wheels of a vehicle go round 驱动7 computer 计算机 [countable] a piece of equipment in a computer that is used to get information from a disk or to store information on it 驱动器8 SPORTsport 体育运动 [countable]DS an act of hitting a ball hard, especially in tennis, baseball, or golf 〔尤指网球、棒球或高尔夫球的〕猛击，猛抽9 MILITARY ATTACKmilitary attack 军事进攻 [countable]PM several military attacks 大规模攻击10. animals 动物 [countable] when animals such as cows or sheep are brought together and made to move in a particular direction 驱赶n11. → DriveExamples from the Corpus
drive• It's a beautiful day for a drive in the country.• The infantry made a drive deep into enemy territory.• Let's take a drive out to the farm.• Put your disk in the "A" drive and click on "save."• Brown was hired to lead a cattle drive north to the Canadian border.• The government's economy drive has failed to produce the expected savings.• As part of the bank's efficiency drive substantial cuts are being made in the workforce.• If you have a low-profile computer without a free drive bay, you may have no choice but to replace the original.• But where was the gear drive for the drill mechanism to come from?• Griffey hit a long, high drive to right field.• It's a two-hour drive to Hamilton from here.• He's clever enough, but he lacks drive.• She was found dead at her home in Maple Drive.• It's about a 20-minute drive into the city from here.• The beach is just a 20-minute drive from the city.• I needed to realign my life, it said, not just my putt or my drive.• We need a new drive for investment in Britain's inner cities.• The workers were laid off in July 1994 when Sprint abruptly closed the company amid a union organizing drive.• a scenic drive• George played the entire first quarter and started the first scoring drive, which Klingler finished.• The male sex drive is not necessarily stronger than the female.• The Health Department launched an anti-smoking drive.• Not much to look at, because the front lawn and the drive to the Manor were a shambles.• Bladder clenched, Thérèse limped down the drive behind her silent father.• Greg certainly has the drive to become a good lawyer.• The drive takes twelve hours in all.• The government must continue this drive to find new, cleaner forms of energy.• The pickup has four-wheel drive.took ... for a drive• He took them for drives, showing her the extraordinary beauties of Umbria.• Mrs Sargent was kind; she took them for drives in the car.sex drive• For many men, having a powerful sex drive is essential to their confidence.• These drugs may affect your sex drive.in/on the drive• A little before noon I heard his car in the drive, then the bell.• The average annual catch, mainly of striped dolphins, in the drive fisheries between 1975 and 1986 was 4734.• He invited you up the pitch to meet him on the drive.• Even inmates in Colorado prisons got in on the drive when Ross took envelopes to them to be addressed for mail solicitations.• In 1975, a record kill year, approximately 20,000 striped dolphins were killed in the drives.• Its real importance lies in the drive to refine the whole of physics into a single question.• I hope you are all well with exams safely over and not too much ice and snow on the drive.• He could hear a car drawing up on the drive outside.drive to do something• She is backing a drive to get more women top jobs.• It was looking for Camby to take the shot and simply watched Bright drive to the hoop for an easy layup.• Now she has joined the Breakthrough fundraising drive to build a research centre in London.• It will also move a program from one hard drive to another or from one computer to another.• One is the drive to allow retirees to earn more money without having their Social Security checks reduced.• Nevertheless the drive to achieve cuts even at the expense of standards has intensified.has ... drive• It has been checked on the dyno and Bertie has driven the car with the two management systems.• His brother has never driven a cab before either; this was going to be his first day.• By criminalizing physician-assisted suicide, the Supreme Court has driven a criminal wedge between the dying and their doctors.• This bus driver has driven us to the promised land.• He has driven in 74 runs, and he is batting. 512 in 82 at- bats with men in scoring position.• It seems that everyone in Sierra has been driven mad by the heat.• Each input-output tile has a 5mA drive capability and is not dedicated to a particular input-output pad.• If that happens, it will be Miller's ambition which has driven Hibs to another big occasion. front-wheel/rear-wheel/four-wheel drive• Hire a four-wheel drive vehicle - there are lots of off-the-beaten-track spots to discover.• The track soon becomes rocky and steep, but not too much of a challenge for a decent four-wheel drive.• Type: Front-engine, four-wheel drive, nine-passenger, full-size sport utility.• So why not fit four-wheel drive?• Three teams in 1969 raced four-wheel drive - Lotus, Tyrrell-Matra and who was the third?• She was an International Harvester Scout four-wheel drive.• I checked the four-wheel drive lever, eased off the brake and started forward.• Its name stands for recreational active vehicle with four-wheel drive and is priced for entry-level buyers.hard/floppy/A etc drive• There is an option to mount an additional 5.25inch floppy drive in a spare bay to the right.• An unscrupulous programmer could write an ActiveX program designed to erase a hard drive or deposit a virus.• Then he sat his boxed bear on the front seat beside him and went for a drive.• This is a drive to loiter over, a spot or series of spots to invest a fine day in.• I feel lousy when I have some terrific game to review and there's no space on my hard drive for it.• One answer to the problem is to add a second hard drive.• For a while, when hard drives were relatively small, you could back up your data on floppy disks.• It has a kind of cassette tape that stores the data from your hard drive.nDrive1 TTRused in the names of roads 路，道〔用于路名〕 141 Park Drive 公园路141号 → driveFrom Longman Business Dictionarydrivedrive1 /draɪv/ verb (past tense drove /drəʊvdroʊv/, past participle driven /ˈdrɪvən/, present participle driving) drive a hard bargainCOMMERCE to succeed by arguing in a very determined way in making an agreement that is very much to your advantageSorrell drives a hard bargain and may not sell at all if he can’t get a suitable price. → drive something → down → drive something → up→ See Verb tabledrivedrive2 noun [countable]1a planned effort by an organization to achieve somethingThey have decided to sell some parts of the business in a drive to raise capital.The airlines will step up their recruitment drive for pilots in North America.2COMPUTING a part of a computer that reads information from a diskInsert the floppy disk into Drive A. → CD-ROM drive → disk drive → tape driveOrigin drive1 Old English drifandrive1 verb →n COLLOCATIONS1 →PHRASAL VERBS1drive2 nounDriveLDOCE OnlineChinese
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drive1 S1 W1 /draɪv/ 
verb (past tense drove /drəʊv $ droʊv/, past participle driven /ˈdrɪvən/)
a. [intransitive and transitive] to make a car, truck, bus etc move along
drive to/down/off etc
I am planning to drive to Morocco next year.
the man driving the car
Can you drive?
So when did you learn to drive?
Bye__ Drive carefully__
He drives 12 miles to work.
He drives (=has) a BMW estate.
b. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a car, truck etc drives somewhere, it moves there:
After the accident, the other car just drove off.
c. [intransitive] if people drive somewhere, they travel somewhere in a car:
Shall we drive or take the bus?
drive to/down/off etc
They drove back to Woodside.
d. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to take someone somewhere in a car, truck etc:
She drove Anna to London.
I’ll drive you home.
drive yourself
I drove myself to hospital.
2. MAKE SOMEBODY MOVE [transitive] to force a person or animal to go somewhere:
Torrential rain drove the players off the course.
With a few loud whistles, they drove the donkeys out of the enclosure.
3. MAKE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING [transitive] to strongly influence someone to do something
drive somebody to do something
The detective wondered what had driven Christine to phone her.
drive somebody to/into something
The noises in my head have nearly driven me to suicide.
Phil, driven by jealousy, started spying on his wife.
4. MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING BE IN A BAD STATE [transitive] to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one
drive somebody crazy/nuts/mad/insane (=make someone feel very annoyed)
This cough is driving me mad__
drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited)
drive somebody up the wall/out of their mind (=make someone feel very annoyed)
drive somebody to distraction/desperation
The mosquitoes drive me to distraction.
drive somebody/something into something
The factory had been driven into bankruptcy.
5. HIT/PUSH SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING [transitive] to hit or push something into something else
drive something into something
We watched Dad drive the posts into the ground.
She drove her heels into the sand.
6. MAKE SOMEBODY WORK [transitive] to make a person or animal work hard
drive yourself
Don’t drive yourself too hard.
7. SPORTS [intransitive and transitive]
a. to move a ball etc forward in a game of baseball, football, golf etc by hitting or kicking it hard and fast:
He drove the ball into the corner of the net.
b. to run with the ball towards the goal in sports such as basketball and American football
8. PROVIDE POWER [transitive] to provide the power for a vehicle or machine
petrol-driven/electrically-driven/battery-driven etc
a petrol-driven lawn mower
9. RAIN/WIND ETC [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction:
The rain was driving down hard.
10. drive a coach and horses through something to destroy an argument, plan etc completely:
The new bill will drive a coach and horses through recent trade agreements.
11. MAKE A HOLE [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to make a large hole in something using heavy equipment or machinery:
They drove a tunnel through the mountains.
12. drive something home to make something completely clear to someone:
He didn’t have to drive the point home. The videotape had done that.
13. drive a wedge between somebody to do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each other:
I don’t want to drive a wedge between you and your father.
⇨ drive/strike a hard bargain at hard1(18)
■ phrases
▪drive somebody crazy/mad/insane spoken (also drive somebody nuts spoken informal) (=make someone feel very annoyed) The continuous noise was driving me crazy.
▪drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited) He drives women wild.
▪drive somebody up the wall/round the bend/out of their mind spoken informal (=make someone feel very annoyed) That voice of hers drives me up the wall.
▪drive somebody to distraction (=make someone feel very upset or annoyed) She was being driven to distraction by her husband’s bad habits.
▪drive somebody to despair/desperation (=make someone despair) Escalating personal debts have driven many people to despair.
▪drive somebody to drink (=make someone so annoyed or upset that they depend on alcohol) His problems had almost driven him to drink.
drive at something phrasal verb
what somebody is driving at.the thing someone is really trying to say
SYN get at:
I still couldn’t understand what Toby was driving at.
drive somebody ↔ away phrasal verb
to behave in a way that makes someone leave:
He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away.
drive something ↔ down phrasal verb
to make prices, costs etc fall quickly:
We have to drive down costs.
drive somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
to hit the ball so that another player can score a run in baseball
drive off phrasal verb
1. to hit the ball to begin a game of golf
2. drive somebody ↔ off to force a person or animal to go away from you:
We keep dogs in the yard to drive off intruders.
drive somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb
1. to force someone or something to leave:
Downtown stores are being driven out by crime.
2. written to make something stop existing:
As we went forward, our fear was driven out by horror.
drive something ↔ up phrasal verb
to make prices, costs etc rise quickly:
The oil shortage drove gas prices up by 20 cents a gallon.
drive2 S2 W2 noun1. IN A CAR [countable] a journey in a car
drive to/along etc
Let’s go for a drive along the coast.
Taylor took me for a drive through the town.
an hour’s/a two hour etc drive
It’s a two hour drive from Calais to Thiepval.
2. NATURAL NEED [countable] a strong natural need or desire:
The treatment will not affect your sex drive.
3. OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE [countable] the hard area or road between your house and the street
SYN driveway
in/on the drive
He parked his car in the drive.
4. EFFORT [countable] an effort to achieve something, especially an effort by an organization for a particular purpose:
a recruitment drive for new members
an economy drive (=effort to reduce spending)
drive to do something
a nationwide drive to crack down on crime
5. DETERMINATION [uncountable] determination and energy to succeed:
Brian has got tremendous drive.
6. POWER [uncountable] the power from an engine that makes the wheels of a vehicle go round
front-wheel/rear-wheel/four-wheel drive
7. COMPUTER [countable] a piece of equipment in a computer that is used to get information from a disk or to store information on it
hard/floppy/A etc drive ⇨ disk drive
8. SPORT [countable] an act of hitting a ball hard, especially in tennis, baseball, or golf:
He hit a long, high drive to right field.
9. MILITARY ATTACK [countable] several military attacks
drive into
a drive deep into enemy territory
10. ANIMALS [countable] when animals such as cows or sheep are brought together and made to move in a particular direction
11. Drive used in the names of roads:
141 Park Drive
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verb (past tense drove /drəʊv $ droʊv/, past participle driven /ˈdrɪvən/) Language: Old English
Origin: drifan
1. VEHICLE Origin: drifan
a. [intransitive and transitive] to make a car, truck, bus etc move along
drive to/down/off etc
b. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a car, truck etc drives somewhere, it moves there:
c. [intransitive] if people drive somewhere, they travel somewhere in a car:
drive to/down/off etc
d. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to take someone somewhere in a car, truck etc:
drive yourself
2. MAKE SOMEBODY MOVE [transitive] to force a person or animal to go somewhere:
3. MAKE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING [transitive] to strongly influence someone to do something
drive somebody to do something
drive somebody to/into something
4. MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING BE IN A BAD STATE [transitive] to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one
drive somebody crazy/nuts/mad/insane (=make someone feel very annoyed)
drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited)
drive somebody up the wall/out of their mind (=make someone feel very annoyed)
drive somebody to distraction/desperation
drive somebody/something into something
5. HIT/PUSH SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING [transitive] to hit or push something into something else
drive something into something
6. MAKE SOMEBODY WORK [transitive] to make a person or animal work hard
drive yourself
7. SPORTS [intransitive and transitive]
a. to move a ball etc forward in a game of baseball, football, golf etc by hitting or kicking it hard and fast:
b. to run with the ball towards the goal in sports such as basketball and American football
8. PROVIDE POWER [transitive] to provide the power for a vehicle or machine
petrol-driven/electrically-driven/battery-driven etc
9. RAIN/WIND ETC [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction:
10. drive a coach and horses through something to destroy an argument, plan etc completely:
11. MAKE A HOLE [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to make a large hole in something using heavy equipment or machinery:
12. drive something home to make something completely clear to someone:
13. drive a wedge between somebody to do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each other:
⇨ drive/strike a hard bargain at hard1(18)
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drive at something phrasal verb
what somebody is driving at.the thing someone is really trying to say
SYN get at:
drive somebody ↔ away phrasal verb
to behave in a way that makes someone leave:
drive something ↔ down phrasal verb
to make prices, costs etc fall quickly:
drive somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
to hit the ball so that another player can score a run in baseball
drive off phrasal verb
1. to hit the ball to begin a game of golf
2. drive somebody ↔ off to force a person or animal to go away from you:
drive somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb
1. to force someone or something to leave:
2. written to make something stop existing:
drive something ↔ up phrasal verb
to make prices, costs etc rise quickly:
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noun1. IN A CAR [countable] a journey in a cardrive to/along etc
an hour’s/a two hour etc drive
2. NATURAL NEED [countable] a strong natural need or desire:
3. OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE [countable] the hard area or road between your house and the street
SYN driveway
in/on the drive
4. EFFORT [countable] an effort to achieve something, especially an effort by an organization for a particular purpose:
drive to do something
5. DETERMINATION [uncountable] determination and energy to succeed:
6. POWER [uncountable] the power from an engine that makes the wheels of a vehicle go round
front-wheel/rear-wheel/four-wheel drive
7. COMPUTER [countable] a piece of equipment in a computer that is used to get information from a disk or to store information on it
hard/floppy/A etc drive ⇨ disk drive
8. SPORT [countable] an act of hitting a ball hard, especially in tennis, baseball, or golf:
9. MILITARY ATTACK [countable] several military attacks
drive into
10. ANIMALS [countable] when animals such as cows or sheep are brought together and made to move in a particular direction
11. Drive used in the names of roads:
Having a car 拥有一辆汽车
have/own/ ( BrE run a car有一辆汽车 ride a motorcycle/motorbike骑摩托车 drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/( a stick shiftNAmE 开／喜欢／用自动挡／手动挡汽车 have/get your carserviced/fixed/repaired 给汽车做一次保养／维修一下／修理一下 buy/sell a used car/( a second-hand carespecially
BrE 买／卖二手车 take/pass/fail a( driving test/BrE ( driver's test/road testboth
NAmE 参加／通过／未通过驾照考试／道路考试 get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your( driving licence/BrE ( driver's licenseNAmE 得到／拥有／丢失／携带驾照
Driving 驾驶
put on/fasten/ ( NAmE buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt系上／解开安全带 put/turn/leave the key in the ignition把钥匙插进点火开关；转动钥匙点火；把钥匙留在点火开关 start the car/engine发动汽车／引擎 ( BrE change/ ( NAmE shift/put sth into gear换挡；挂上挡 press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator踩刹车／离合器／油门 release the clutch/( the handbrake/especially
BrE ( the emergency brake/the parking brakeboth
NAmE 松开离合器／手刹 drive/park/reverse the car驾车；停车；倒车 ( BrE indicate left/right示意左转／右转 ( especially
NAmE signal that you are turning left/right示意左转／右转 take/miss ( the turning/BrE ( the turnespecially
NAmE 拐弯；错过拐弯处 apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)踩刹车；猛踩刹车 beep/honk/ ( especially
BrE toot/ ( BrE sound your horn按喇叭
Problems and accidents 问题及事故
a car skids/crashes (into sth)/collides (with sth) 车打滑／撞上（某物）／（与某物）相撞 swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian猛地转弯以避开迎面来的车／行人 crash/lose control of the car撞车；车失控 have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/( a car wreck/a hit-and-runNAmE 出车祸／肇事逃逸事故；在车祸／肇事逃逸事故中丧生；幸免于车祸／肇事逃逸事故 be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck被汽车／公交车／大卡车轧过／撞倒 dent/hit ( the bonnet/BrE ( the hoodNAmE 撞凹／撞上引擎盖 break/crack/shatter ( the windscreen/BrE ( the windshieldNAmE 打碎挡风玻璃 blow/ ( especially
BrE burst/puncture ( a tyre/BrE ( a tireNAmE 爆胎；扎破轮胎 get/have ( a flat tyre/a flat tire/a punctureBrE 胎瘪了；轮胎被扎破了 inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire给轮胎充气；更换／安装／更换／检查轮胎
Traffic and driving regulations 交通法规
be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam遇上堵车 cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock引起交通堵塞 experience/face lengthy delays经历／面临长时间的延误 beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour避开交通高峰时段 break/observe/ ( NAmE drive the speed limit超速行驶；遵守速度限制；限速行驶 be caught on ( a speed cameraBrE 被测速摄像机逮住 stop sb for/pull sb over for/ ( BrE be done for speeding因超速被要求停车／停靠路边／被逮住 ( both
run/ ( BrE jump a red light/the lights闯红灯 be arrested for/charged with ( drink-driving/BrE ( driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)both
因酒后驾车／醉酒驾车被逮捕／起诉 be banned/ ( BrE disqualified from driving被禁止驾车；被取消驾驶资格
take to go with sb from one place to another, for example in order to show them sth or to show them the way to a place 指带去、带路、引领 ：◆ It's too far to walk—I'll take you by car. 步行路太远，我开车送你去。 lead to go with or go in front of sb in order to show them the way or to make them go in the right direction 指带路、领路、引领 ：◆ Firefighters led the survivors to safety. 消防队员把幸存者带到了安全的地方。 escort to go with sb in order to protect or guard them or to show them the way 指护卫、护送 ：◆ The president arrived, escorted by twelve bodyguards. 总统在十二名保镖的护送下到达。 drive to take sb somewhere in a car, taxi, etc. 指驾车送（人） ：◆ My mother drove us to the airport. 我母亲开车把我们送到了机场。 show to take sb to a particular place, in the right direction, or along the correct route 指引领、带领 ：◆ The attendant showed us to our seats. 服务员把我们带到我们的座位。 walk to go somewhere with sb on foot, especially in order to make sure that they get there safely; to take an animal, especially a dog, for a walk or make an animal walk somewhere 指陪伴或护送（人）走、牵着或赶着（动物）走、遛（狗） ：◆ He always walked her home. 他经常护送她走回家。 ◆ Have you walked the dog yet today? 你今天遛狗了吗？ guide to show sb the way to a place, often by going with them; to show sb a place that you know well 指给某人领路（或导游）、指引 ：◆ She guided us through the busy streets. 她带领我们穿过了繁忙的街道。 ◆ We were guided around the museums. 我们被领着参观了博物馆。 usher ( to politely take or show sb where they should go, especially within a buildingrather
指礼貌地引往、引导、引领，尤指在建筑物内 ：◆ She ushered her guests to their seats. 她把客人引领到座位上。 direct ( to tell or show sb how to get somewhere or where to gorather
指给某人指路、为某人领路 ：◆ A young woman directed them to the station. 一名年轻女子给他们指了去车站的路。
Patterns
to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide/usher/direct sb to/out of/into sthto take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide sb around/round to take/lead/escort/drive/walk sb home to take/lead/escort/guide sb to safety to lead/show the way
campaign a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim 指为社会、商业或政治目的而进行的一系列有计划的活动或运动 ：◆ the campaign for parliamentary reform 要求议会改革的运动 ◆ an advertising campaign 广告宣传活动 battle a competition or an argument between people or groups of people trying to win power or control 指个人或集体为赢得权力或控制权而进行的较量、争论或斗争 ：◆ She finally won the legal battle for compensation. 她终于赢得了这场要求赔偿的法律斗争。 ◆ the endless battle between man and nature 人与大自然永无休止的斗争 struggle a competition or an argument between people or groups of people trying to win power or control 指个人或集体为赢得权力或控制权而进行的较量、争论或斗争 ：◆ the struggle for independence 为独立的斗争 ◆ the struggle between good and evil 正邪之争
battle or struggle? 用 battle 还是 struggle？
drive an organized effort by a group of people to achieve sth 指团体为达到目的而作出的有组织的努力 ：◆ the drive for greater efficiency 为提高效率而作出的努力 ◆ a drive to reduce energy consumption 为减少能源消耗而发起的运动
campaign or drive? 用 campaign 还是 drive？
war [ 指为消灭或阻止有害事物而进行的长期斗争 ：◆ the war against crime 反犯罪活动的斗争 fight [ 指为制止或防止坏事物或为达到好目的而进行的斗争，或指竞赛，尤指体育竞赛 ：◆ Workers won their fight to stop compulsory redundancies. 工人赢得了阻止强制裁员的斗争。
war or fight? 用 war 还是 fight？
A war is about stopping things, like drugs and crime, that everyone agrees are bad. Afight can be about achieving justice for yourself.* war 用于制止人人摒弃的事物（如毒品和犯罪）而进行的斗争；fight 可用于为自己伸张正义而进行的斗争。
Patterns
a campaign/battle/struggle/drive/war/fight against stha campaign/battle/struggle/drive/fight for stha one-man/one-woman/personal campaign/battle/struggle/wara bitter campaign/battle/struggle/drive/war/fightto launch/embark on a campaign/battle/driveto lead/continue the campaign/battle/struggle/drive/fightto win/lose a battle/struggle/war/fight
