校園口語(yǔ)第九十四課

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1. You have driven me into a corner, so I guess I have to give in.
    你讓我別無(wú)選擇,只能讓步啊!
    Drive sb into a corner:讓某人別無(wú)選擇
    2. The cab driver drove between the airport and downtown more than twelve times in one day.
    那個(gè)出租車司機(jī)每天至少在市區(qū)和機(jī)場(chǎng)之間來(lái)回12次。
    Drive between……
    3. Your trouble with the police has driven me to the brink/edge! The next time you are arrested, I will not get you out of jail.
    你總?cè)锹闊┻M(jìn)警察局,我快被你弄崩潰了!下次你再被抓進(jìn)來(lái),我不會(huì)再管你了!
    drive sb to the brink/edge:使某人崩潰
    4. She was driven to drink by the problems she had with her teenage son.
    她和她那十幾歲的兒子關(guān)系不好,她快煩死了。
    Be driven to drink by:為……心煩
    5.All this bickering has, I'm afraid, driven a wedge between us.
    這些爭(zhēng)吵恐怕會(huì)讓我們的關(guān)系產(chǎn)生裂痕。
    drive a wedge between:在…中打一個(gè)楔子;分裂…,破壞…之間的關(guān)系,造成…不和,使…產(chǎn)生裂痕
    6.We must drive home to her where the difficulties lie.
    我們必須使她徹底明白困難在哪兒。
    drive home to:使人理解到;向……講明白
    7.You are driving me up the wall with all your stupid remarks
    你那些愚蠢的指指點(diǎn)點(diǎn)快把我逼瘋了
    Drive sb up the wall:使某人惱火
    8.I like to be in the driving seat and if a back seat driver annoys me too much, I turn round and say: "What are you driving at?
    我喜歡掌控一切,所以如果有人在后座不斷地指手畫(huà)腳時(shí),我就會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)頭去說(shuō):“你到底想干嘛?
    in the driving seat:[比喻]有影響力,有控制權(quán);掌權(quán)
    drive at:用意所在
    a back seat driver:比喻指手畫(huà)腳的人