- no obj., usu. with adverbial of direction operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle驾车, 开车：
he got into his car and drove off
他上了车, 随即驱车离开了
they drove back into town.
他们驱车返回了城里。
- (of a motor vehicle) travel under the control of a driver（机动车）被驾驶, 被开动：
a car drives up,and a man gets out
一辆轿车开到跟前, 下来一个男人
a stream of black cars drove by.
黑色轿车一辆接着一辆开了过去。
- with obj. own or use (a specified type of motor vehicle)拥有, 使用; 驾驶（某种机动车）：
Sue drives an estate car.
苏开一辆旅行车。
- no obj. be licensed or competent to drive a motor vehicle有驾照, 会开车：
I take it you can drive?
我想你是会开车的吧？
- with obj. convey (someone) in a vehicle, especially a private car（尤指用私人汽车）开车送（某人）：
his wife drove him to Regent's Park.
他妻子开车把他送到里真茨公园。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction propel or carry along by force in a specified direction推动, 驱动：
the wind will drive you onshore.
风会把你吹到岸边。
- no obj.(of wind, water, or snow) move or fall with great force（风、水或雪）猛吹; 猛降; 猛冲; 猛下：
the snow drove against him.
雪猛烈地向他袭来。
- with obj.(of a source of power) provide the energy to set and keep (an engine or piece of machinery) in motion驱动（发动机或机器）：
turbines driven by steam.
由蒸汽驱动的涡轮机。
- Electronics (of a device) power or operate (another device)【电子】（一装置）驱动（另一装置）：
the interface can be used to drive a printer.
这一接口可被用来驱动打印机。
- with obj. force (a stake or nail) into place by hitting or pushing it钉, 打, 敲（桩, 钉）：
nails are driven through the boards.
钉子被从板子上钉穿过去。
- with obj. and adverbial bore (a tunnel)开凿, 打通, 钻, 挖（隧道）。
- (in ball games) hit or kick (the ball) hard with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot（球类运动中）猛抽, 猛击, 猛踢（球）。
- with obj. Golf strike (a ball) from the tee, typically with a driver【高尔夫】（尤指用球棒从球座上）发（球）。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction赶, 驱赶：
they drove a flock of sheep through the centre of the city.
他们赶着一群羊穿过市中心。
- with obj. urge forward and direct the course of (an animal drawing a vehicle or plough)驾驭, 驾, 赶（拉车或犁的牲畜）。
- with obj. chase or frighten (wild animals) into nets, traps, or into a small area where they can be killed or captured围赶（猎物）：
all the clan were up on the hill before dawn, ready to drive the deer.
家族里的所有人都在拂晓前上了山, 准备围赶鹿。
- compel to leave赶走, 驱逐：
troops drove out the demonstrators
军队把示威者驱逐了出去
he wanted to drive me away.
他想把我赶走。
- with obj.（一般作 be driven）(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate（事实, 感情）迫使, 逼迫：
he was driven by ambition
他是受了野心的驱使
with obj. and infinitive some people are driven to murder their tormentors有些人被迫杀了折磨他们的人
as adj. driven my husband is a driven man.我丈夫是个有紧迫感的人。
- with obj. bring (someone) forcibly into a specified negative state将（某人）逼得：
the thought drove him to despair
这个想法逼得他陷入了绝望
with obj. and complement my laziness drives my wife crazy.我的懒惰都快把我妻子逼疯了。
- with obj. force (someone) to work to an excessive extent迫使（某人）拼命工作, 迫使（某人）过度工作：
you're driving yourself too hard.
你把自己弄得太累了。
- cause (something abstract) to happen or develop使（抽象事物）发生（或发展）：
the consumer has been driving the economy for a number of years
多年来消费者一直在驱动经济发展
we need to allow market forces to drive growth in the telecommunications sector.
我们需要允许市场力量来推动电信部门的发展。
- a trip or journey in a car驱车旅行：
they went for a drive in the country.
他们驱车去乡村旅行了。
- in names a street or road用于路名中街, 路, 大道：
Hammond Drive.
哈蒙德大道。
- （亦作 driveway）a short road leading from a public road to a house（由公路通向住宅的）私人车道。
- Psychology an innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need【心理】内驱力; 冲动, 强烈的欲望：
her emotional and sexual drives.
她的强烈的情欲和性欲。
- mass noun the determination and ambition of a person to achieve something决心, 雄心：
his drive and energy helped Leeds to four cup finals.
他的决心和干劲帮助利兹队四次进入杯赛的决赛。
- an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a particular purpose（有组织的）活动, 运动：
a recruitment drive by the police.
警方组织的一次招募活动。
- Brit. an organized gathering to play whist or another game, involving many players〈英〉（有组织的）惠斯特牌戏等的比赛：
a whist drive.
惠斯特牌戏比赛。
- mass noun the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle（机器或机动车动力的）传动, 驱动。
- (in a car with automatic transmission) the position of the gear selector in which the car will move forward, changing gears automatically as required（有自动传动装置的汽车的）自动挡：
he threwthe car into drive.
他把汽车的排挡换到自动挡上。
- count noun Computing short for DISK DRIVE.【计算机】DISK DRIVE的简称。
- (in ball games) a forceful stroke made with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot against the ball（球类运动中对球的）猛抽, 猛击, 猛踢。
- Golf a shot from the tee【高尔夫】（从球座上）发球。
- an act of driving a group of animals to a particular destination（对牲口的）驱赶; （对猎物的）围赶。
- Austral./NZ a line of partly cut trees on a hillside, felled when the top one topples on the others〈澳/新西兰〉山坡上的一排被部分砍断的树（最上面的一棵树一经砍倒倒在其他树上时下面的树即可全部倒下）。
- ORIGIN: compare with sense 2 of DRIVE SYSTEM.
drive something home
- 见HOME.
drive a nail into the coffin of
- severely harm (something that is already in a poor state)对…落井下石; 重创; 使早日完蛋：
companies will be pushed to the brink, driving another nail in the coffin of British manufacturing.
公司都被逼到破产的边缘, 使得英国的制造业雪上加霜。
let drive
- attack with blows, missiles, or criticism击打; 用导弹袭击; 抨击。
what someone is driving at
- the point that someone is attempting to make某人想说的话, 某人要表明的意思：
I don't understand what you're driving at.
我不明白你的意思。