/draɪv ||; draɪv/verb (
past tense drove /drəʊv
||; drov/
past participle driven /ˈdrɪvn
||; ˈdrɪvən/)
1 [I,T] to control or operate a car, train, bus, etc 驾驶，开（汽车、火车、公共汽车等）: Can you drive? 你会开车吗？ [T] to drive a car/train/bus/lorry 开汽车╱火车╱公共汽车╱卡车
2 [I,T] to go or take sb somewhere in a car, etc 开车去；开车送某人去某地: I usually drive to work. 我通常开车上班。We drove Aisha to the airport. 我们开车送艾莎去机场。
3 [T] to force people or animals to move in a particular direction 驱赶: The dogs drove the sheep into the field. 狗把羊群赶到牧场里。
4 [T] to force sth into a particular position by hitting it 把某物打入某位置: to drive a post into the ground 把杆子插在地上
5 [T] to cause sb to be in a particular state or to do sth 使某人陷于某处境或干某事: His constant stupid questions drive me mad. 他老是问愚蠢的问题，快把我逼疯了。to drive sb to despair 使某人陷于绝望
6 [T] to make sb/sth work very hard 驱使…拚命干: You shouldn't drive yourself so hard. 你别这么拚死拚活地干。
7 [T] to make a machine work, by giving it power 驱动（机器）: What drives the wheels in this engine? 这发动机的机轮靠什么来驱动？
be driving at(
informal 非正式) to want to say sth; to mean 想说；意在:
I'm afraid I don't understand what you are driving at. 我恐怕听不明白你究竟想要说什么。 drive sth home (to sb) to make sth clear so that people understand it 把…讲得明白；使充分理解
drive off (used about a car, driver, etc) to leave （指汽车、司机等）驱车离开，开走
drive sb/sth off to make sb/sth go away 把…赶走:
They kept a large dog outside to drive off burglars. 他们在外面养了一条大狗来赶跑窃贼。 *drive²/draɪv ||; draɪv/noun1 [C] a journey in a car 驾车的行程；车程: The supermarket is only a five-minute drive away. 从这儿去超级市场只需五分钟车程。Let's go for a drive. 我们开车去兜一会儿风吧。
2 [C] a wide path or short road that leads to the door of a house （通往住宅门口的）车道: We keep our car on the drive. 我们把车停在车道上。 ☞picture on page C7 见C7页插图
3 [C] a street, usually where people live 街，路（通常指有人住的）: They live at 23 Woodlands Drive. 他们住在伍德兰兹街23号。
4 [C] a big effort by a group of people in order to achieve sth 集体努力；运动: The company is launching a big sales drive. 这家公司正发起一场声势浩大的推销运动。
5 [U] the energy and determination you need to succeed in doing sth 干劲与决心: You need lots of drive to run your own company. 经营自己的公司需要有很大的干劲。
6 [C,U] a strong natural need or desire 欲望: a strong sex drive 强烈的性欲
7 [C] (in sport) a long hard hit （体育运动）猛打，猛抽: This player has the longest drive in golf. 这位选手打高尔夫球发球最远。
8 [C] (computing计算机技术) the part of a computer that reads and stores information （计算机阅读和贮存信息的）驱动器: a 224 MB hard drive 224兆字节硬盘驱动器a CD drive 光盘驱动器 ☞Look at disk drive. 参看disk drive。
9 [U] the equipment in a vehicle that takes power from the engine to the wheels 传动装置: a car with four-wheel drive 一辆四轮驱动汽车