n.

1. 驾车旅行；（开车）兜风；车程[C]
   We went for a drive in the afternoon.

   我们下午开车出去兜风。

2. （私人住宅的）车道，汽车路[C]
   We saw a red car parked on his drive.

   我们看到一辆红色轿车停在他的私人车道上。

3. 击球；击出球的飞行距离[C]
4. 运动；宣传活动[C]
   The manager decided to launch a sales drive.

   经理决定开展一次推销活动。

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

   他被一种难以满足的成名欲支配着。

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

   他是一个劲头十足的人。

7. （机械）传动装置[C][U]
8. 【英】比赛，纸牌赛[C]
9. 【电脑】（光盘）驱动器

vt.

1. 驾驶（汽车等）
   I don't know how to drive a carriage.

   我不会驾马车。

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

   他会开车送我们去机场。

3. 驱赶，赶走[O]
   He drove the sheep up the hill.

   他把羊群往山上赶。

4. 驱动（机器）
   The machine is driven by electricity.

   这机器用电力驱动。

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

   我们首先把桩打入地里。

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

   农民打井灌溉庄稼。

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

   他逼迫她承认。

   He was driven by necessity to steal.

   他迫不得已而偷窃。

vi.

1. 开车
   It is dangerous to drive after drinking.

   酒后开车危险。

2. （风、雨）狂吹猛打；疾驰
   The rain was driving in our faces.

   大雨猛打着我们的脸。

3. 用力击球；【网】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.