phr. drive at 1. 猛击
He felt the rain driving at his back. 他感到雨在抽打着他的背脊。
2. 朝着…努力，力争
The factory must drive at increased (或 increasing) production this year. 该厂今年必须力争增产。
3. 〈口〉[用于进行时]要说，意指
I see perfectly what you are driving at. 我完全明白你的意思。
drive away 1. 把(汽车)开走；驱车离开；驾车送走
drive a car away without the owner's permission 未经主人同意把汽车开走
The guests all drove away. 客人们都驾车离去。
He drove his guests away. 他开车把客人们送走了。
2. 赶走；驱散
The rioters fired shots in the air to drive away news photographers. 骚乱者朝天开枪驱散摄影记者。
drive away the feelings of sadness 驱散忧伤感
3. 努力做，拼命做(at)
She sat at her desk for hours, driving away at her work. 她在桌边一坐就是几个小时，拼命工作。
drive back 1. 把(汽车)开回；驱车返回；驾车送回
Who will drive the car back? 谁来把汽车开回去?
Let's drive back the other way. 我们从另一条路开回去吧。
Jim will drive you back after the party. 宴会后吉姆会开车送你回去的。
2. 把…赶回，赶退
The police drove back the spectators. 警察把围观的人群赶了回去。
The enemy was driven back to its starting point. 敌人被击退到开始进攻的地点。
3. 迫使…重新用，逼使…不得不又用(on)
Many families have been driven back on cheaper food by the rises in prices. 由于物价上涨，许多家庭只好又吃起廉价的食品来。
drive down 压低
drive interest rates (sb.'s pay) down 压低利率(某人的工资)
drive home 1. 把…敲入；使完全插入
drive a nail home 敲紧钉子
drive a knife home 把刀戳进去
He slammed the door and drove the bolt home. 他砰地关上门，把门闩插好。
2. 把…讲得透彻明白，使充分理解，使被人接受
drive one's point home 讲清楚自己的观点
a voice that drives home each word 字字清晰的说话声
To drive home his policy, the president wrote his second letter. 为了阐明他的政策，总统又写了第二封信。
The warning never drove home. 警告从未被人们完全接受。
The raid drove home a hard lesson for them. 这次袭击给了他们一次惨痛的教训。
You must drive it home to John that we don't have enough money. 你必须使约翰明白我们钱确实不够。
drive in 1. 把(汽车)开进；驱车进入
We built the garage joining the house so that we can drive (the car) straight in. 我们把车库同房子建在一起，这样就可以把车直接开进去。
2. 把…赶进
The farmer drove the cows in. 农民把牛赶进棚里。
3. 把(钉)敲入
Drive a nail in here. 在这里钉上一个钉子。
4. 【棒】使(跑垒或跑垒者)得分
The only thing I was concerned about was driving in runs. 我唯一关心的就是跑垒得分。
5. 〈口〉灌输，不断强调，反复地教
The speaker tried to drive in his point. 演讲人试图灌输他的观点。
6. 把(外围敌兵)赶回主力部队
drive into 1. 把(汽车)开进；驱车进入
drive a car into the garage 把汽车开进车库
He drove the car into a street light. 他驾车撞上了路灯。
2. 把…赶进
drive the cows into the fields 把牛赶到地里
3. 把…敲入
drive a stake into the ground 把桩打进地里
4. 〈口〉把…灌输给，对…不断强调，反复地教
Can't you drive some manners into the boy? 你难道不能教这孩子懂点规矩?
I tried to drive into him that his drinking was harmful to himself and others. 我设法叫他明白，喝酒对人对己都有害。
5. 逼使，迫使
Your behaviour is driving me into a nervous breakdown. 你的行为逼得我要发神经病了。
drive off1. 驱车离开；驾车送走
drive sb. off in a car 驾车把某人送走
The president drove off amid general shouts of joy. 总统在大家的一片欢呼声中驱车离去。
2. 把…赶走；击退
The army drove off the enemy with much loss of life. 军队遭受惨重伤亡，击退了敌军。
sing a song to drive off the feelings of sadness 唱支歌来消除悲伤
This medicine will help to drive the disease off. 这药有助于祛病。
3. 【高尔夫】发球
Who is to drive off first? 谁先发球?
drive on 1. 继续行驶
2. 激励，鞭策
drive sb. on to enter the competition 激励某人参加竞赛
His father's example drove him on to success. 父亲的榜样激励他获得成功。
She drove herself on in the search. 她锲而不舍地探索着。
drive out 1. 把(汽车)开出；驱车外出
drive out into the country on a nice day 好天开车到乡下去
2. 驱逐，消除
drive the enemy out 把敌人赶出去
use cats to drive the rats out 用猫驱鼠
Any misgivings they might have felt were driven out by the sight of his cheerful face. 看到他的喜色，他们原先可能有的一切疑虑都烟消云散了。
drive sb. crazy (或 insane, mad, out of his mind, round the bend, up the wall) 逼得某人发疯；逼得某人受不了
drive up 迫使…上去；迫使…上升
Impatience and anxiety drove him up on deck again. 他焦急不安，又走到甲板上去了。
Sunny days drive up temperatures. 阳光明媚的日子促使气温上升。
Will technological advances drive up unemployment? 技术的发展会增加失业人数吗?
let drive (at) (朝…)打；(对…)发射
let drive at sb. 朝某人打去
The fighter let drive a left to the jaw. 拳击手用左拳击对方下巴。