- 赶,撵,驱赶,驱逐;迫使…后退(常与 away,off,back 等连用):
The child drove away the flies.
孩子赶走了苍蝇。
We drove back the attacking enemy.
我们迫使进攻的敌人后退了。
to drive a person to desperation
逼得某人走投无路(或铤而走险)
 - 驾驶(汽车、马车、牛车、机车等),驾驭,开车:
to drive a car
开汽车
She drives a car skillfully.
她开车很熟练。
to drive a train
开火车
to drive a tractor
开拖拉机
to drive a carriage drawn by four horses
驾着一辆四匹马拉的马车
 - 驾车(尤指汽车)运送,用车送;驾车经越:
I drove her to the airport.
我开车送她去机场。
He drove the load to the station.
他开车把货物运往车站。
to drive a new highway
沿着一条新公路开车
 - 赶(牲口等):
to drive a mule
赶骡子
The farmer was driving his cattle along the road.
农夫沿着公路赶牛。
 - 驱使…拼命干,强迫…干活;迫使…行动;迫使…过分劳累:
The boss drives his workers hard.
那位老板总是强迫他的工人们拼命工作。
He drove the workers until they collapsed.
他迫使工人们干得一个个累趴在地。
 - 强迫,迫使,逼迫,催促,使不得不:
Her pride drove her to complete the job.
她的自尊心促使她去完成这项工作。
He was driven by necessity to steal.
他为贫困所迫而偷窃。
She drove me crazy.
她把我逼得发疯。
 - 努力经营,促成(交易等),使成(交),积极进行(交易);达成(交易,协议等):
They drove a hard bargain.
他们做成一笔困难的生意。
 - 推动,驱动,使(机器等)运转;推进:
an engine driven by steam
由蒸汽驱动的机车
a submarine driven by nuclear power
核动力驱动的潜艇
a machine driven by waterpower
水力驱动的机器
A gasoline engine drives the motorboat.
汽油引擎推动汽船。
 - 【棒球】
- 使(跑垒者)得分
 - 使(跑垒)得分:
He drove in two runs.
他两次跑垒得分。
 
 - 【高尔夫球】(从球座)发(球):
He drove the ball within ten feet of the pin.
他在离标号旗杆10英尺内发球。
 - 【体育】
 - 【狩猎】
- 围赶(猎物)
 - 在(地区)围赶猎物,搜寻(地区)找猎物
 
 - 流送(木材),把(木头)顺河(或溪)漂下:
to drive the logs down to deepwater
把木头顺流漂下深水区
 - 打,敲;拧;戳:
to drive a nail through a wall
把钉子钉穿墙壁
to drive a hole through metal
在金属板上打洞
 - 为…的决定性因素;对…起到制约作用:
Rents in our city are driven by availability.
我们市的房租高低取决于房源。
 - 【建筑业】凿,挖掘;钻凿出(洞);打(隧道):
to drive a tunnel under the canal
在运河下面挖隧道
to drive a tunnel through a mountain
开山凿隧道
 - 【采矿】掘进(平巷):
to drive a mine
挖矿井
 - 消除,驱除:
He was driven from a position of power by his political enemies.
他被他的政敌赶下了台。
to drive away these feelings of sadness
驱散这些悲戚之感
 - 使堆积,使聚集:
The snowflakes were driven against the hut by a gale.
大风把雪片刮到小屋旁边堆积起来。
 - 拖延,延迟:
to drive the schedule time
推迟预定时间
 - [新西兰英语]用即将砍倒的树撞倒(其他树)
 - 逼良为娼
 - (原因、因素等)起决定作用