drive at

rouler à

Conduire un véhicule à une vitesse donnée.

En anglais simple : To control a moving vehicle at a particular speed.

• Drive at a safe speed.
• She drove at forty kilometres an hour through the village.
• Were you driving at the speed limit?

Comment l'utiliser : drive at a speed (You must drive at a safe speed here.)

Expressions courantes : drive at speed, drive at walking pace

vouloir dire

Chercher à exprimer une idée, souvent sans la formuler clairement.

En anglais simple : To try to express a particular idea, often without saying it clearly.

• What are you driving at?
• I finally understood what he was driving at.
• Your question is confusing; what exactly are you driving at?

Comment l'utiliser : what someone is driving at (I could not understand what she was driving at.)

Synonymes : mean, get at

Expressions courantes : drive at something, drive at a point