drive

運転する

車などの乗り物を操作して動かす。

やさしい英語で： To control a car or another vehicle and make it move.

• Can you drive a car?
• She drove the bus carefully.
• I am learning to drive a van.

類義語： operate

よく使う表現： drive a car, drive a bus, learn to drive, drive a truck

車で行く、運転して行く

自分で車などを運転してどこかへ行く。

やさしい英語で： To go somewhere in a car or another vehicle that you control.

• I drive to work.
• We drove home after dinner.
• Will you drive across the country this summer?

使い方： drive to + place (We drove to the airport.); drive from A to B (She drives from home to work every morning.)

類義語： go by car

よく使う表現： drive to work, drive home, drive to something, drive across something

駆り立てる、追い込む

強い圧力や感情で、人に何かをさせたり特定の状態に追い込んだりする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone do something or enter a particular state, often through strong pressure or feelings.

• This noise will drive me crazy.
• Poverty drove him to steal food.
• Her ambition drove her to work harder.

使い方： drive someone to do something (Fear drove him to leave the city.); drive someone to + noun (The pressure drove her to tears.); drive someone + adjective (The noise is driving me mad.)

類義語： compel, force, push

よく使う表現： drive someone crazy, drive someone to something, drive someone mad

追い立てる、追い払う

人や動物、ものを、しばしば力で一定の方向へ動かす。

やさしい英語で： To make people, animals, or things move in a particular direction, often by force.

• The dogs drive the sheep forward.
• Strong winds drove the rain against the windows.
• The army drove the enemy out of the village.

使い方： drive someone/something into something (The dogs drove the sheep into the pen.); drive someone/something out of something (The soldiers drove the enemy out of the town.)

類義語： force, push, herd

よく使う表現： drive cattle, drive someone away, drive something into something, drive someone out

ドライブ、車での旅

車などの乗り物で行く旅や外出。

やさしい英語で： A journey in a car or another vehicle.

• Let us go for a drive.
• The drive home took two hours.
• We enjoyed several scenic drives through the mountains.

使い方： a drive to + place (The drive to the beach took an hour.)

類義語： car trip, journey

よく使う表現： go for a drive, long drive, short drive, drive to something

意欲、原動力、衝動

何かをしたり成し遂げたりしたいという強い内なる気持ち。

やさしい英語で： A strong desire or inner need to do or achieve something.

• She has plenty of drive.
• His drive to succeed kept him working late.
• The team needs someone with energy and drive.

使い方： drive to do something (She has the drive to build a successful business.)

類義語： motivation, determination, ambition

反対語： apathy

よく使う表現： drive to succeed, strong drive, sexual drive, drive and ambition

ドライブ、ディスクドライブ

ディスクの情報を読み取ったり保存したり書き込んだりする装置。

やさしい英語で： A computer device that reads, stores, or writes information on a disk.

• My computer needs a new drive.
• She saved the files on an external drive.
• Both drives stopped working after the power failure.

類義語： disk drive

よく使う表現： hard drive, disk drive, external drive, usb drive

車道、私道

車で家に入ったり駐車したりするための短い私道。

やさしい英語で： A short private road where you park a car or reach a house.

• Your car is on the drive.
• We parked halfway along their narrow drive.
• The house has a long drive leading to the garage.

類義語： driveway

よく使う表現： on the drive, a gravel drive, a narrow drive