drive

1 عمومی:: تحریك‌ كردن‌، بردن‌، عقب‌ نشاندن‌، بیرون‌ كردن‌ (باout)، راندن‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

2 عمومی:: سائق و میل، عامل

واژگان شبکه مترجمین ایران

3 روان شناسی و مشاوره:: سائق

واژگان شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: drive phrases drive somebody crazy/mad/insane spoken ( also drive somebody nuts spoken informal ) (= make someone feel very annoyed ) • The continuous noise was driving me crazy. drive somebody crazy/wild (= make someone feel very sexually excited ) • He drives women wild. drive somebody up the wall/round the bend/out of their mind spoken informal (= make someone feel very annoyed ) • That voice of hers drives me up the wall. drive somebody to distraction (= make someone feel very upset or annoyed ) • She was being driven to distraction by her husband’s bad habits. drive somebody to despair/desperation (= make someone despair ) • Escalating personal debts have driven many people to despair. drive somebody to drink (= make someone so annoyed or upset that they depend on alcohol ) • His problems had almost driven him to drink. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + driver a taxi/bus/truck(US) /lorry(UK) etc driver • Car drivers face a new daily charge to enter the capital. a racing driver (= driving racing cars in competitions ) • world famous racing drivers like Lewis Hamilton a good driver • He thinks he’s a very good driver. a careful/safe driver • Since I had the accident, I’m a much more careful driver. a bad driver • There are a lot of bad drivers on the roads. a dangerous driver • Some young men tend to be dangerous drivers. a reckless driver (= taking risks and not worrying about the results ) • Reckless drivers should be given more severe punishments. a drunken/drunk driver (= who has drunk too much alcohol ) • Her husband was killed by a drunken driver. a hit-and-run driver (= in which a car driver hits someone and does not stop ) • The boy was in hospital after being knocked down by a hit-and-run driver. a learner driver (= who is learning to drive ) • Learner drivers spend a lot of money on driving lessons. an experienced driver (= who has a lot of experience of driving ) • Young drivers are ten times more likely to be killed on the road than experienced drivers. an inexperienced driver (= who does not have much experience of driving ) • Many accidents are caused by young or inexperienced drivers. a delivery driver (= delivering goods to a place ) • He’s a delivery driver for a pizza takeaway restaurant.

transnet.ir

2 general::   noun car journey ADJ. long | easy, short | eight-hour, sixty-mile, etc. | leisurely | pleasant, scenic It's a pleasant drive to the coast. | test VERB + DRIVE go for, take Let's go for a drive. PREP. within a ~ All my family live within an hour's drive. PHRASES a … drive away The lakes are only a short drive away. way a vehicle is moved ADJ. all-wheel, four-wheel, front-wheel, rear-wheel | left-hand, right-hand Left-hand drive cars make driving in Britain difficult. path/road outside a house ADJ. sweeping, winding | gravel/gravelled | tree-lined | private | front DRIVE + VERB sweep, swing A gravel drive swept between manicured lawns. PREP. down the ~, in the ~, on the ~ There was a car parked on the drive. | up the ~ He walked up the front drive of the vicarage. energy/determination ADJ. competitive | personal | narrative A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes. VERB + DRIVE have | lack He lacks the competitive drive needed to succeed. desire/need ADJ. innate, inner, instinctive/instinctual | creative | emotional, sex/sexual effort ADJ. big | relentless | national, nationwide | cost-cutting, efficiency, export, fundraising, marketing, membership, modernization, recruitment, sales | anti-corruption, anti-drug, etc. VERB + DRIVE launch We're going to launch a big recruitment drive in the autumn. PREP. ~ against a drive against corruption | ~ by the recent recruitment drive by the police | ~ for the country's drive for modernization | ~ towards a drive towards higher safety standards computing ADJ. CD-ROM, disk, DVD, floppy, hard, zip in sport ADJ. powerful, strong, thunderous | angled, crisp | left-foot, right-foot (in football) Cole scored with a thunderous left-foot drive. | backhand, forehand (in tennis) a forehand drive down the line VERB + DRIVE hit | hook, slice (in golf),   verb ADV. fast, quickly You shouldn't drive so fast! She drove quickly back to the office. | slowly | carefully | recklessly He was arrested for driving recklessly. | around, away, back, off, on She got into the car and drove away. PREP. from, to driving from London to Manchester PHRASES drink and drive

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: verb motor: We shall drive to the city. verb push: You can not drive men too far. noun trip: It was a long drive to town.

Simple Definitions

4 general:: drive off to leave in a car • I got in the car and drove off.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs