1 VERB 推；搡；推开 When you push something, you use force to make it move away from you or away from its previous position. 推；搡；推开
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The woman pushed back her chair and stood up. [VERB noun with adv.]
那女人把椅子往后一推站了起来。
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They pushed him into the car. [VERB noun prep.]
他们把他推进了车里。
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...a woman pushing a pushchair. [VERB noun]
推婴儿车的女人
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He put both hands flat on the door and pushed as hard as he could. [VERB]
他两只手平放在门上用尽全力推。
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When there was no reply, he pushed the door open. [VERB noun adj.ive]
没有人应答，他就把门推开了。
SYN shove, force, press, thrust
2 VERB 用力挤过 If you push through things that are blocking your way or push your way through them, you use force in order to move past them. 用力挤过
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I pushed through the crowds and on to the escalator. [VERB prep./adv.]
我挤出人群，踏上了自动扶梯。
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Dix pushed forward carrying a glass. [VERB prep./adv.]
迪克斯拿着杯子往前挤。
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He pushed his way towards her, laughing. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他笑着朝她挤了过去。
SYN make or force your way, move, shoulder, inch
3 VERB （部队）开进，挺进 If an army pushes into a country or area that it is attacking or invading, it moves further into it. （部队）开进，挺进
SYN advance, progress, proceed, go on
4 VERB 推动（增长或降低） To push a value or amount up or down means to cause it to increase or decrease. 推动（增长或降低）
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Any shortage could push up grain prices. [VERB noun with adv.]
任何一种短缺都会抬高粮食价格。
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The government had done everything it could to push down inflation. [VERB noun with adv.]
政府已经采取了所有可能的措施来抑制通货膨胀。
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Interest had pushed the loan up to $27,000. [VERB noun prep.]
利息已经使得贷款金额提高到了27,000美元。
5 VERB 推行；推进；使发展 If someone or something pushes an idea or project in a particular direction, they cause it to develop or progress in a particular way. 推行；推进；使发展
6 VERB 鼓励；督促；逼迫 If you push someone to do something or push them into doing it, you encourage or force them to do it. 鼓励；督促；逼迫
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She thanks her parents for keeping her in school and pushing her to study. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
她感谢父母送她上学并督促她学习。
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James did not push her into stealing the money. [VERB noun + into]
詹姆斯没有怂恿她去偷钱。
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I knew he was pushing himself to the limit and felt rather anxious. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
我知道他正把自己逼到极限，而且感觉非常焦虑。
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There is no point in pushing them unless they are talented and they enjoy it. [VERB noun]
除非他们很有才华而且自己喜欢，否则逼迫他们是没有意义的。
SYN urge, encourage, persuade, spur
7 VERB 努力争取；力劝 If you push for something, you try very hard to achieve it or to persuade someone to do it. 努力争取；力劝
Push is also a noun.
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In its push for economic growth it has ignored projects that would improve living standards.
在努力实现经济增长之时，它忽略了那些能提高生活水平的项目。
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They urged negotiators to make a final push to arrive at an agreement.
他们敦促谈判者为达成协议作最后的努力。
8 VERB 力劝接受；极力宣传；推销 If someone pushes an idea, a point, or a product, they try in a forceful way to convince people to accept it or buy it. 力劝接受；极力宣传；推销
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Ministers will push the case for opening the plant. [VERB noun]
部长们将极力劝说人们接受开办工厂一事。
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She knew enough about publishing to know that they could push a hundred thousand copies into the bookshops. [VERB noun]
关于出版业她非常了解，很清楚他们能够向书店推销10万本书。
9 VERB 贩卖（毒品） When someone pushes drugs, they sell them illegally. 贩卖（毒品） [informal]
SYN sell, supply, deal in, peddle
10 VERB [usually cont] （行为或声明）冒险，走极端 If you say that someone is pushing it, you mean that their actions or claims are rather excessive or risky. （行为或声明）冒险，走极端 [informal]
11 See also: pushed pushing
12 PHRASE 被解雇；断绝关系 If you get the push or are given the push, you are told that you are not wanted any more, either in your job or by someone you are having a relationship with. 被解雇；断绝关系 [British, informal]
13 to push the boat out→see: boat to push your luck→see: luck if push comes to shove→see: shove
Phrasal verbs: - push aheadpush aroundpush asidepush forwardpush inpush offpush onpush overpush through
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | push Also look up: |
| VERB. | drive, force, move, pressure, propel, shove, thrust; (ant.) pull 1 2 encourage, urge 6 7 8 |
| Word Partnership | Use push with: |
| N. | push a button, at the push of a button, push a door 1 push prices, push rates 4 push an agenda, push legislation 8 push drugs 9 |
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