校園口語第九十四課

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1. You have driven me into a corner, so I guess I have to give in.
    你讓我別無選擇,只能讓步??!
    Drive sb into a corner:讓某人別無選擇
    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,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腳時(shí),我就會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)過頭去說:“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:比喻指手畫腳的人