| 词组 | drive |
| 释义 | drive [drove, driven, driving] drive at what sb is driving at what someone is really trying to say, when they are not saying it directly: ▪ "Morton, what are you driving at?" "I think we're in trouble, Mahoney, big trouble." ▪ Melissa realised what I was driving at... that I suspected Alain had been murdered. ■ SIMILAR TO: what sb is getting at drive away 1. drive away sb • drive sb away to behave in a way that makes someone leave you, especially someone that you had a relationship with: ▪ His heavy drinking and violent temper eventually drove Beth away. 2. drive sb away • drive away sb if something drives away people such as customers and tourists, it makes them stop coming to a place: ▪ Reports in the media about drug related crime in Golden Gate Park are driving visitors away. ▪ For the past 30 years composers have been writing music that ordinary people don't like, and they have driven audiences away. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put off 3. drive away sth • drive sth away if something drives away a thought or a feeling, especially an unpleasant one, it makes you stop thinking about it or feeling it: ▪ Kerry kissed him, and that one kiss drove away all his pain, and filled his heart with happiness. ■ SIMILAR TO: banish formal drive down drive down sth • drive sth down to force prices or costs to decrease very quickly: ▪ Cheap imported steel would drive down the price of steel in the United States, causing producers to reduce their output. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bring down ■ OPPOSITE: drive up drive off 1. drive off if a car or driver drives off, the driver leaves in his or her car: ▪ After the accident the other car just drove off. ▪ Cynthia stormed out of the house, got into her car, and drove off. 2. drive off sb • drive sb off to force someone who is attacking or threatening you to stop and go away: ▪ They keep dogs in the yard to drive off intruders. ▪ We began hurling snowballs, and eventually a few well placed shots drove off our attackers. 3. drive off if someone playing golf drives off, they hit the ball for the first time at the start of a game or hole (=part of a golf course with a hole in the ground at the end): ▪ Tiger Woods drove off at the thirteenth hole. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑tee off drive on drive on to continue going forward in a vehicle, without stopping or after stopping for a short time: ▪ After resting for an hour or two we drove on to Laredo. ▪ Maxwell drove on, in spite of the thickening fog. drive out drive out sb/sth • drive sb/sth out to force someone or something to leave a place + of ▪ Huge rent increases are driving many small businesses downtown. drive up drive up sth • drive sth up to force prices or costs to increase very quickly: ▪ Airlines worry that the cost of this extra security will drive ticket prices up so high that people will stop flying. ▪ Affluent city people looking to buy a second home are driving up house prices in rural areas. ■ OPPOSITE: drive down |
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