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| 1 | I/T to move someone or something away from you , or from their previous position , using part of your body , especially your hands 推；推开 |
| Push as hard as you can. 用尽全力推。 |
| push sb/sth away She gently pushed him away. 她轻轻把他推开。 |
| push sth around He was pushing a trolley around the supermarket. 他正推着手推车在超市里四处转悠。 |
| +at He pushed at a door in the courtyard. 他推开庭院里的一扇门。 |
| push sb/sth into sb/sth Rebecca pushed her handkerchief into her pocket. 丽贝卡把手帕塞进口袋。 |
| push sb/sth against sb/sth The table had been pushed against the wall. 桌子被推到了墙边。 |
| push sth open/shut I pushed open the door with my foot. 我用脚踹开了门。 |
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| 2 | I/T to press a button on a machine 按，压（机器的按钮） |
| To turn on the television, you push this switch. 要打开电视，请按这个按键。 |
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| 3 | I/T to move past or through a group of people or things by using a part of your body to move them away from you （在一群人或东西中间）挤，推挤 |
| Stop pushing and just wait your turn. 别挤了，等着轮到你吧。 |
| Pushing to the front of the queue, he managed to get the last tickets. 他挤到队伍前面设法买到了最后几张票。 |
| push past He just pushed past Fred and left. 他刚刚挤过弗雷德离开了。 |
| push your way through I was pushing my way through the crowd. 我挤着穿过人群。 |
| push and shove People were pushing and shoving, trying to get to the best seats first. 人们互相推搡，想先抢到最好的位子。 |
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| 4 | T informal to try to make people buy a product or accept an idea 推销；推广 |
| He saw the interview as an opportunity to push his latest film. 他把这次会面看作是一次推广他新电影的机会。 |
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| 5 | T informal to sell illegal drugs 贩（毒） |
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| 6 | T push sth up/down/into/towards to make something reach a particular level or standard 使（某物）达到特定标准 |
| The Bank of England had pushed up interest rates sharply to protect the pound from speculators. 英格兰银行大幅抬升利率以保护英镑免受投机者操纵。 |
| The strong sunshine had pushed temperatures into the nineties. 强烈的阳光使温度升高到90多华氏度。 |
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| 7 | T to encourage or force someone in a determined way to do something they do not want to do 敦促；强迫；驱策 |
| push sb to do sth The United States pushed NATO to authorize military intervention. 美国敦促北约批准军事干预。 |
| push sb into (doing) sth The police pushed her into giving evidence. 警方敦促她提供证据。 |
| | 7a | to force someone to make a great effort , especially at school or in their career 促进，督促（尤指学业或事业） | | A lot of parents push their children, but my dad only ever encourages and supports me. 许多家长都在学业上督促他们的子女，但是我父亲只是鼓励和支持我。 | |
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| 8 | T to make someone impatient or annoyed by behaving in an unreasonable way 催促；逼迫 |
| If you push him too far, he’ ll resign. 如果你对他逼迫过甚，他就会辞职。 |
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| 9 | I if an army pushes into , through , or across a country or area , it moves further into , through , or across it , using force （军队）挺进，推进 |
| Government troops pushed into the northern sector. 政府军挺进到北部地区。 |
| PHRASES |
| - | be pushing thirty/forty/fifty etc informal
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| to be nearly a particular age |
| 年近三十/四十/五十等 |
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| - | push sb/sth from your mind
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| to avoid thinking about someone or something |
| 把某人/某事物置之脑后；忘记某人/某事物 |
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| He pushed her completely from his mind. 他完全把她忘记了。 |
| Lucy pushed the idea firmly to the back of her mind. 露西坚决地把这个主意置之脑后。 |
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| - | push it/push your luck informal
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| to take a big risk by doing something that is likely to cause you trouble |
| 冒险；得寸进尺 |
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| I think you’ re pushing your luck asking for another pay rise. 我想你要求再次提高工资是在得寸进尺。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌpush aˈhead or push forward |
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| | to continue trying to achieve something despite opposition or difficulties （不顾反对或困难地）推进，推行 | +with They are pushing ahead with plans to expand production. 他们正在推行扩大生产的计划。 | |
| - | ˌpush aˈround or ˌpush aˈbout INFORMAL |
| PHRASAL VB INFORMAL |
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| | push sb around: to keep telling someone what to do in an unfair and unpleasant way 使唤某人；对某人差来遣去 | They’ re always pushing me around. 他们总是把我呼来唤去。 | |
| - | ˌpush aˈside |
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| | to refuse to think about something unpleasant 抛开，忘掉（不愉快的事情） | She pushed her doubts aside and carried on. 她抛开那些疑团，继续坚持下去。 | |
| - | ˌpush ˈback |
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| | to arrange a later time for something 推后；推迟 | The deadline has been pushed back two weeks. 最后期限被推后两个星期。 | | push sth back to/until sth Can I push back our meeting to 27 May? 我能不能把我们的会议推迟到5月27日？ | |
| | - | push back the limits/frontiers
| | to discover new things about something or a better way of doing it | | 推进…的研究前沿做出新的发现／找到更好的方法 | | | | We’ re pushing back the frontiers of technology. 我们正在不断推进技术的前沿。 | | | |
| - | ˈpush for |
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| 1 | push for sth: to try hard to get or achieve something 竭力要求 | They continue to push for more pay. 他们继续竭力要求加薪。 | | We are pushing for a ban on nuclear testing. 我们正竭力要求禁止核试验。 | |
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| 2 | push sb for sth: to try to make someone give you something or do something for you 敦促 | He’ s pushing us for a decision by tomorrow. 他在敦促我们明天之前作出决定。 | |
| - | ˌpush ˈforward |
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| 1 | I push ahead | +with They were urged to push forward with their reforms. 人们催促他们推行改革。 | |
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| 2 | I to move further towards a place in a determined way , or despite opposition or difficulties 推进；挺进 | John pushed forward into the dark entrance of the cave. 约翰继续往黑乎乎的山洞口里走去。 | |
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| 3 | T to try to make people recognize someone’ s qualities or abilities 展现能力；表现品质 | push yourself forward Nicola was never one to miss out on a chance to push herself forward. 尼古拉从来不会错过一次表现自己的机会。 | |
| - | ˌpush ˈin |
| PHRASAL VB BRITISH |
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| | to stand in front of people who have been waiting longer than you , in a way that is unfair 插队 | We were all waiting patiently for a taxi, but he just pushed in. 我们都在耐心地等出租车，他却径直插到队伍前面。 | |
| - | ˌpush ˈoff |
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| 1 | I informal old-fashioned to leave a place 离开 | I’ ll wait ten minutes more; then I’ ll push off for home. 我会再等10分钟；然后就动身回家。 | |
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| 2 | I usually in imperative BRITISH informal used for telling someone rudely and angrily to go away 滚开；走开 | Push off, and leave me alone! 滚开！让我自己呆一会儿！ | |
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| 3 | I/T if a person or boat pushes off , or if you push a boat off , you sail away from the land （使）离岸 | I dragged the boat down to the water and pushed off. 我把船拖下水然后驶离岸边。 | |
| - | ˌpush ˈon |
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| 1 | to continue a journey , especially after stopping for a period of time （尤指中断一段时间之后）继续旅行 | Next day we pushed on towards London. 第二天，我们继续向伦敦进发。 | |
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| 2 | to continue doing something , especially when you do not have much time （尤指时间不太多时）继续做（某事） | There’ s a lot to do, so let’ s push on. 还有很多事要做，所以我们抓紧干吧。 | | +with I’ ve pushed on with the work because I want to finish it today. 我抓紧工作是因为我想今天把它做完。 | |
| - | ˌpush ˈover |
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| | to push someone or something hard so that they fall from the position that they are in 推倒 | She pushed me over in the playground. 她在操场上把我推倒。 | | He pushed over the lamp. 他把灯推倒了。 | |
| - | ˌpush ˈthrough |
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| | to succeed in getting a law , agreement etc accepted quickly although a lot of people oppose it 使强行通过；使强行被接受 | He is determined to push the bill through Parliament. 他决心让国会强行通过这项法案。 | |
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