drive

drive¹ W1S1 [draıv] v past tense drove [drəuv US drouv] past participle driven [ˈdrıvən]

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1¦(vehicle)¦

2¦(make somebody move)¦

3¦(make somebody do something)¦

4¦(make somebody/something be in a bad state)¦

5¦(hit/push something into something)¦

6¦(make somebody work)¦

7¦(sports)¦

8¦(provide power)¦

9¦(rain/wind etc)¦

10 drive a coach and horses through something

11¦(make a hole)¦

12 drive something home

13 drive a wedge between somebody

Phrasal verbs

　drive at something

　drive somebody<=>away

　drive something<=>down

　drive somebody/something<=>in

　drive off

　drive somebody/something<=>out

　drive something<=>up

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[: Old English; Origin: drifan]

1.) ¦(VEHICLE)¦

a) [I and T]

to make a car, truck, bus etc move along

drive to/down/off etc

▪ I am planning to drive to Morocco next year.

▪ the man driving the car

▪ Can you drive?

▪ So when did you learn to drive ?

▪ Bye! Drive carefully!

▪ He drives 12 miles to work.

▪ He drives (=has) a BMW estate.

b) [I always + adverb/preposition]

if a car, truck etc drives somewhere, it moves there

▪ After the accident, the other car just drove off.

c)

if people drive somewhere, they travel somewhere in a car

▪ Shall we drive or take the bus?

drive to/down/off etc

▪ They drove back to Woodside.

d) [T always + adverb/preposition]

to take someone somewhere in a car, truck etc

▪ She drove Anna to London.

▪ I'll drive you home .

drive yourself

▪ I drove myself to hospital.

2.) ¦(MAKE SOMEBODY MOVE)¦ [T]

to force a person or animal to go somewhere

▪ Torrential rain drove the players off the course.

▪ With a few loud whistles, they drove the donkeys out of the enclosure.

3.) ¦(MAKE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING)¦ [T]

to strongly influence someone to do something

drive sb to do sth

▪ The detective wondered what had driven Christine to phone her.

drive sb to/into sth

▪ The noises in my head have nearly driven me to suicide.

▪ Phil, driven by jealousy, started spying on his wife.

4.) ¦(MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING BE IN A BAD STATE)¦ [T]

to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one

drive sb crazy/nuts/mad/insane

(=make someone feel very annoyed)

▪ This cough is driving me mad!

drive sb crazy/wild

(=make someone feel very sexually excited)

drive sb up the wall/out of their mind

(=make someone feel very annoyed)

drive sb to distraction/desperation

▪ The mosquitoes drive me to distraction.

drive sb/sth into sth

▪ The factory had been driven into bankruptcy.

5.) ¦(HIT/PUSH SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING)¦ [T]

to hit or push something into something else

drive sth into sth

▪ We watched Dad drive the posts into the ground.

▪ She drove her heels into the sand.

6.) ¦(MAKE SOMEBODY WORK)¦ [T]

to make a person or animal work hard

drive yourself

▪ Don't drive yourself too hard.

7.) ¦(SPORTS)¦ [I and T]

a) to move a ball etc forward in a game of baseball, football, golf etc by hitting or kicking it hard and fast

▪ He drove the ball into the corner of the net.

b) to run with the ball towards the ↑goal in sports such as ↑basketball and American football

8.) ¦(PROVIDE POWER)¦ [T]

to provide the power for a vehicle or machine

petrol-driven/electrically-driven/battery-driven etc

▪ a petrol-driven lawn mower

9.) ¦(RAIN/WIND ETC)¦ [I always + adverb/preposition]

if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction

▪ The rain was driving down hard.

10.) drive a coach and horses through sth

to destroy an argument, plan etc completely

▪ The new bill will drive a coach and horses through recent trade agreements.

11.) ¦(MAKE A HOLE)¦ [T always + adverb/preposition]

to make a large hole in something using heavy equipment or machinery

▪ They're planning to drive a tunnel through the mountains.

12.) drive sth home

to make something completely clear to someone

▪ He didn't have to drive the point home . The videotape had done that.

13.) drive a wedge between sb

to do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each other

▪ I don't want to drive a wedge between you and your father.

→drive/strike a hard bargain [i]at ↑hard¹ (18)

drive at [drive at sth] phr v

what sb is driving at

the thing someone is really trying to say

= ↑get at

▪ I still couldn't understand what Toby was driving at.

drive away [drive sb<=>away] phr v

to behave in a way that makes someone leave

▪ He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away.

drive down [drive sth<=>down] phr v

to make prices, costs etc fall quickly

▪ We have to drive down costs.

drive in [drive sb/sth<=>in] phr v

to hit the ball so that another player can score a ↑run in baseball

drive off phr v

1.) to hit the ball to begin a game of golf

2.) drive sb<=>off

to force a person or animal to go away from you

▪ We keep dogs in the yard to drive off intruders.

drive out [drive sb/sth<=>out] phr v

1.) to force someone or something to leave

▪ Downtown stores are being driven out by crime.

2.) written to make something stop existing

▪ As we went forward, our fear was driven out by horror.

drive up [drive sth<=>up] phr v

to make prices, costs etc rise quickly

▪ The oil shortage drove gas prices up by 20 cents a gallon.

drive ²

drive² W2S2 n

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1¦(in a car)¦

2¦(natural need)¦

3¦(outside your house)¦

4¦(effort)¦

5¦(determination)¦

6¦(power)¦

7¦(computer)¦

8¦(sport)¦

9¦(military attack)¦

10¦(animals)¦

11 Drive

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1.) ¦(IN A CAR)¦

a journey in a car

drive to/along etc

▪ Let's go for a drive along the coast.

▪ Taylor took me for a drive through the town.

an hour's/a two hour etc drive

▪ It's a two hour drive from Calais to Thiepval.

2.) ¦(NATURAL NEED)¦

a strong natural need or desire

▪ The treatment will not affect your sex drive .

3.) ¦(OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE)¦

the hard area or road between your house and the street

= ↑driveway in/on the drive

▪ He parked his car in the drive.

4.) ¦(EFFORT)¦

an effort to achieve something, especially an effort by an organization for a particular purpose

▪ a recruitment drive for new members

▪ an economy drive (=effort to reduce spending)

drive to do sth

▪ a nationwide drive to crack down on crime

5.) ¦(DETERMINATION)¦[U]

determination and energy to succeed

▪ Brian has got tremendous drive .

6.) ¦(POWER)¦[U]

the power from an engine that makes the wheels of a vehicle go round

front-wheel/rear-wheel/four-wheel drive

7.) ¦(COMPUTER)¦

a piece of equipment in a computer that is used to get information from a ↑disk or to store information on it

hard/floppy/A etc drive

→↑disk drive

8.) ¦(SPORT)¦

an act of hitting a ball hard, especially in tennis, baseball, or golf

▪ He hit a long, high drive to right field.

9.) ¦(MILITARY ATTACK)¦

several military attacks

drive into

▪ a drive deep into enemy territory

10.)¦(ANIMALS)¦

when animals such as cows or sheep are brought together and made to move in a particular direction

11.) Drive

used in the names of roads

▪ They live at 141 Park Drive.