drive up

押し上げる、上昇させる

価格や数値、割合を上げる。

やさしい英語で： You make a price, number, or rate rise.

• Fuel shortages drive up prices.
• The new rules drove up the cost of building homes.
• Will higher demand drive rents up again?

使い方： drive up something (High demand can drive up rents.); drive something up (The shortage drove prices up.)

類義語： increase, raise, push up

反対語： lower, reduce

よく使う表現： drive up prices, drive up costs, drive something up

車で北へ行く

車で今いる場所より北へ行く。

やさしい英語で： You travel by car to a place farther north.

• We’ll drive up north tomorrow.
• They drove up from London to Edinburgh last weekend.
• Are you driving up to Manchester for the match?

使い方： drive up to somewhere (We drove up to Scotland to visit my aunt.)

類義語： drive north

よく使う表現： drive up north, drive up to Scotland