n.

1. 駕車旅行；（開車）兜風；車程[C]
   We went for a drive in the afternoon.

   我們下午開車出去兜風。

2. （私人住宅的）車道，汽車路[C]
   We saw a red car parked on his drive.

   我們看到一輛紅色轎車停在他的私人車道上。

3. 擊球；擊出球的飛行距離[C]
4. 運動；宣傳活動[C]
   The manager decided to launch a sales drive.

   經理決定展開一次促銷活動。

5. （人的）本能需要，慾望[C]
   He was dominated by an insatiable drive for fame.

   他被一種難以滿足的成名慾支配著。

6. 魄力，幹勁[U]
   He is a man of great drive.

   他是一個幹勁十足的人。

7. （機械）傳動裝置[C][U]
8. 【英】比賽，紙牌賽[C]
9. 【電腦】（光碟）驅動器

vt.

1. 駕駛（汽車等）
   I don't know how to drive a carriage.

   我不會駕馬車。

2. 用車送（人）[O]
   He'll drive us to the airport.

   他會開車送我們去機場。

3. 驅趕，趕走[O]
   He drove the sheep up the hill.

   他把羊群往山上趕。

4. 驅動（機器）
   The machine is driven by electricity.

   這機器用電力驅動。

5. 把（釘，樁等）打入[O]
   We first drove the stakes into the ground.

   我們首先把樁打入地裡。

6. 挖掘（隧道）[O]
   The farmers drove wells to water the crops.

   農民打井灌溉莊稼。

7. 迫使；逼迫[O][O2][O8]
   He drove her to admit it.

   他逼迫她承認。

   He was driven by necessity to steal.

   他迫不得已而偷竊。

vi.

1. 開車
   It is dangerous to drive after drinking.

   酒後開車危險。

2. （風，雨）狂吹猛打；疾馳
   The rain was driving in our faces.

   大雨猛打著我們的臉。

3. 用力擊球；【網】抽球

v.

1. operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
   ▸convey in a car.
2. propel or carry along by force.
   ▸provide the power to operate (a machine).
   ▸(in ball games) hit or kick (the ball) hard.
   ▸bore (a tunnel).
3. urge or force to move in a specified direction.
4. compel to act in a particular way:
   he was driven by ambition.

n.

1. a journey in a car.
2. (also driveway) a short private road leading to a house.
3. an innate, biologically determined urge.
   ▸determination and ambition.
4. an organized effort to achieve a purpose:
   a recruitment drive.
   ▸Brit. a large organized gathering to play whist or another game.
5. the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a vehicle.
   ▸Computing  a disk drive.
6. an act of driving a ball.
7. an act of driving animals.

[名]

1. ①兜風。
   교외로 드라이브를 나가다.

   到郊外去兜風。

2. ②抽球。