āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to drive
01
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to control the movement and the speed of a car, bus, truck, etc. when it is moving
Intransitive: to drive somewhere | to drive in a specific manner | to drive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I usually drive to school, but today I'm taking the bus.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
1.1
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to transport a particular person somewhere using a motor vehicle, particularly a private car
Transitive: to drive sb somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She drove her children to school every morning.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
1.2
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to be able or competent enough to fully control a car and make it move towards the direction one desires
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Do you know how to drive?
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨?
1.3
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨
to be the owner of a particular type of vehicle
Transitive: to drive a particular vehicle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She drives a motorcycle to work.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽā§āĻāĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤
1.4
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
(of a motor vehicle) to be controlled by a driver
Intransitive: to drive to a direction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She watched as a motorcycle drove by with a loud roar.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻāĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
to force something into or through another object using physical effort or a tool
Transitive: to drive sth into sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She used a hammer to drive the nail into the wooden board.
03
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to make someone act in a specified way, particularly one that is considered inappropriate or unacceptable
Ditransitive: to drive sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The fear of failure drove her to push herself beyond her limits.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to move, propel, or throw with great force
Transitive: to drive sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The strong wind drove the leaves across the street.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
05
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to push someone to try or work extremely hard to reach a goal
Transitive: to drive sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The exploitative factory owner had no regard for labor laws, using every means to drive workers beyond their limits.
āĻļā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
5.1
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to be the influencing factor that causes something to make progress
Transitive: to drive a change or progress
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Education is a key factor driving personal and professional growth.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤
06
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to compel a group of animals or people to move in a certain direction
Transitive: to drive sb/sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The police officers drove the protesters away from the restricted area.
āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
6.1
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to compel someone to leave a place, particularly a place they were settled in
Transitive: to drive sb from a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The destruction caused by the wildfire drove hundreds of families from the region.
āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻļāĻ¤ āĻļāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
07
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to generate the power necessary to make a machine work
Transitive: to drive a machine
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The waterwheel is used to drive the mill's machinery.
āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
08
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤, āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¨
(primarily in ball games) to kick or hit the ball with such force that sends it flying forward
Transitive: to drive a ball somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His baseball swing allowed him to drive the ball into the outfield.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
09
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to use force in order to create an opening through something
Transitive: to drive an opening through sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
To reach the other side, they had to drive a tunnel through the mountains.
āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
10
āĻā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(in sports) to advance with the ball toward the goal, aiming to score points or create opportunities for the team
Intransitive: to drive to a direction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the final minutes of the game, he used his speed to drive past the defenders and score a crucial basket.
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
01
āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻĒāĻĨ
a short road or path leading from a street to a building
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He pulled into the drive and parked near the front door.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĸā§āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
a trip or journey taken in a vehicle, typically an automobile
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The drive from the city to the mountains took three hours.
03
a wide, often scenic road, typically lined with trees
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The hotel entrance was marked by an elegant curved drive.
04
the action of exerting force to propel or move an object forward
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The engineer tested the machine 's drive to ensure smooth operation.
05
a system or component that transmits power or motion within a machine
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The engineer inspected the drive mechanism for signs of wear.
06
a series of coordinated actions aimed at achieving a goal or advancing a principle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The government initiated a drive to reduce carbon emissions.
07
āĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻļāĻ, āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ
a long, powerful golf shot from the tee
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She has a powerful drive that impresses everyone.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
08
the action of moving a group of animals over land
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Sheep drives occur every spring in this region.
09
a personal trait characterized by strong motivation or ambition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Employees with high drive often outperform expectations.
10
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻļāĻ
a shot where the player hits the ball with power and speed in racket sports such as tennis and squash
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His drive forced his opponent into a defensive position.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
11
āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ, āĻ¸āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°
a piece of equipment used to read data from or write data to a storage medium such as a hard disk, SSD, or optical disc
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She backed up her files onto an external drive.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ-āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
12
a biological or psychological state corresponding to a strong need, urge, or desire
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Sexual drive influences mating behavior in many species.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
driver
driving
driving
drive
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
