| 词组 | drive |
| 释义 | drive verb 1 to walk US, 1956. 2 to lift weights US, 2000. 3 to borrow (a radio). From CAR (a radio) US, 2002.► drive a deskto do office-work; to operate a sound-desk. Usually with a derogatory or a disappointed tone. After FLY A DESK UK, 1999.► drive the busto vomit US, 2001.► drive the porcelain busto kneel down and vomit into a toilet bowl. The image of the bowl's rim being held like a steering wheel UK, 1998.► drive them hometo snore. From C18 'drive pigs to market', and its later variant 'drive the pigs home' UK, 1997.► drive wooden staketo irrevocably and permanently end (a project, a business, an idea) US, 1974 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 off3. 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 drive/run into the ground To belabor (an issue or a subject).
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