drive

fahren, steuern

Ein Auto oder anderes Fahrzeug steuern und in Bewegung setzen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: operate

Häufige Wendungen: drive a car, drive a bus, learn to drive, drive a truck

fahren, mit dem Auto fahren

Mit einem Auto oder anderen Fahrzeug irgendwohin fahren, das man selbst steuert.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: drive to + place (We drove to the airport.); drive from A to B (She drives from home to work every morning.)

Synonyme: go by car

Häufige Wendungen: drive to work, drive home, drive to something, drive across something

treiben, zwingen

Jemanden durch Druck oder starke Gefühle zu einer Handlung oder in einen bestimmten Zustand bringen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: compel, force, push

Häufige Wendungen: drive someone crazy, drive someone to something, drive someone mad

treiben, vertreiben

Menschen, Tiere oder Dinge in eine bestimmte Richtung bewegen, oft mit Gewalt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: force, push, herd

Häufige Wendungen: drive cattle, drive someone away, drive something into something, drive someone out

Autofahrt, Fahrt

Eine Reise oder ein Ausflug mit einem Auto oder anderen Fahrzeug.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: a drive to + place (The drive to the beach took an hour.)

Synonyme: car trip, journey

Häufige Wendungen: go for a drive, long drive, short drive, drive to something

Antrieb, Ehrgeiz

Ein starker innerer Wunsch oder Drang, etwas zu tun oder zu erreichen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: drive to do something (She has the drive to build a successful business.)

Synonyme: motivation, determination, ambition

Gegenteile: apathy

Häufige Wendungen: drive to succeed, strong drive, sexual drive, drive and ambition

Laufwerk

Ein Computergerät, das Daten auf einem Datenträger liest, speichert oder schreibt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: disk drive

Häufige Wendungen: hard drive, disk drive, external drive, usb drive

Einfahrt

Ein kurzer Privatweg, auf dem man zum Haus fährt oder ein Auto abstellt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: driveway

Häufige Wendungen: on the drive, a gravel drive, a narrow drive