I.
noun
1 trip by car
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ easy , short
▪ eight-hour , sixty-mile , etc.
▪ leisurely
▪ scenic
▪
It's one of the most scenic ~s in Europe.
▪ test
VERB + DRIVE
▪ go for , take
▪
Let's go for a ~.
DRIVE + NOUN
▪ time
▪
The spots will run during ~ time radio.
▪
the afternoon/morning ~ time
▪
a housing development within a 30-minute ~ time from the airport
PREPOSITION
▪ within a ~
▪
All my family live within an hour's ~.
PHRASES
▪ a … drive away
▪
The lakes are only a short ~ away.
2 way a vehicle is moved
ADJECTIVE
▪ all-wheel ( esp. AmE ), four-wheel , front-wheel , rear-wheel
▪ left-hand , right-hand
▪
Left-hand ~ cars make driving in Britain difficult.
3 ( esp. BrE ) path/road outside a house ⇨ See also ↑ driveway
ADJECTIVE
▪ winding
▪ gravel
▪ tree-lined
▪ private
▪ front
DRIVE + VERB
▪ lead to , lead up to
▪
He pulled into a long ~ leading up to a large villa.
DRIVE + NOUN
▪ block
▪
A number of police cars blocked the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ down the ~ , in the ~ , on the ~
▪
There was a car parked on the ~.
▪ up the ~
▪
He walked up the front ~ of the vicarage.
4 energy/determination
ADJECTIVE
▪ competitive
▪ personal
▪ narrative
▪
You need to inject more narrative ~ into the story.
VERB + DRIVE
▪ have
▪ lack
▪
He lacks the competitive ~ needed to succeed.
5 desire/need
ADJECTIVE
▪ basic , innate , inner , instinctive ( esp. BrE ), instinctual ( esp. AmE )
▪ human
▪ creative
▪ emotional , sex , sexual
6 effort
ADJECTIVE
▪ big
▪ relentless
▪ national , nationwide
▪ export , marketing , sales
▪ cost-cutting , efficiency (both esp. BrE )
▪ membership , organizing ( AmE ), petition ( AmE ), recruitment , voter-registration ( esp. AmE )
▪ fund ( AmE ), fund-raising , pledge ( AmE )
▪ blood , clothing , food (all AmE )
▪
We organized a food ~ for the city's homeless shelters.
▪ anti-corruption , anti-drug , etc.
VERB + DRIVE
▪ launch , organize
▪
We're going to launch a big recruitment ~ in the spring.
▪ spearhead
▪
The Popular Front spearheaded the ~ for independence.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
a ~ against corruption
▪ ~ by
▪
the recent recruitment ~ by the police
▪ ~ for
▪
the country's ~ for modernization
▪ ~ towards/toward
▪
a ~ towards/toward higher safety standards
7 computing
ADJECTIVE
▪ CD-ROM , disk , DVD , flash , floppy , hard , optical , zip ( esp. AmE )
▪ external , removable
▪ built-in , internal
VERB + DRIVE
▪ format , reformat
▪ defrag ( informal ), defragment
▪ install
▪ install sth on , install sth onto
DRIVE + NOUN
▪ bay
8 in sports
ADJECTIVE
▪ powerful , strong , thunderous ( BrE )
▪ angled , crisp (both BrE )
▪ scoring , touchdown (both AmE )
▪ line (in baseball)
▪
He hit a line ~ straight at me.
▪ left-foot , right-foot (in football/soccer)
▪
Cole scored with a thunderous left-foot ~.
▪ backhand , forehand (in tennis)
▪
a forehand ~ down the line
VERB + DRIVE
▪ hit
▪ hook , slice (in golf)
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ fast , quickly
▪
You shouldn't ~ so fast!
▪
She drove quickly back to the office.
▪ slowly
▪ carefully , safely
▪ recklessly
▪
He was arrested for driving recklessly.
▪ around , away , back , off , on
▪
She got into the car and drove away.
▪ home
▪
I'll ~ you home.
PREPOSITION
▪ down , from , to
▪
We drove from Quebec to Ottawa.
PHRASES
▪ drink and ~