drive

1. (countable, uncountable)Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.

   Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

   Schwung, Elan, Drive

   сти́мулstímul, напо́ристостьnapóristostʹ, драйвdrajv

2. (countable, uncountable)Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

3. An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

   (broadly, countable, uncountable)An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.

   the act of driving a herd of animals overland

4. (broadly, countable, uncountable)An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.

5. (countable, uncountable)A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.

   Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.

6. Certain mechanisms in vehicles.

   (countable, uncountable)A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

   steam drive, nuclear drive, chain drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, front-wheel drive

   Some old model trains have clockwork drives.

   Antrieb

   a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine

7. (countable, uncountable)The location of the steering wheel used to control a vehicle.

   left-hand drive, right-hand drive

8. (countable, uncountable)The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)

   Normally you should be in drive, although you can select a lower gear such as 2 or 1 for certain conditions, such as prolonged downhill stretches.

9. (countable, uncountable)An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

   The drive this morning was awful due to snow and ice.

10. An act of piloting or riding within a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

    (countable, uncountable)A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

    It was a long drive to Santa Fe.

    Fahrt

    езда́jezdá, пое́здкаpojézdka

11. (countable, uncountable)The act of driving a car with no destination in mind, generally to see the scenery, be alone with one's thoughts or to spend time with a partner.

    We like to go for a drive on Sunday afternoons.

12. Certain surfaces for driving on.

    (countable, dated, uncountable)A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

1. I'll drive you to the airport.

   Я довезу тебе до аеропорту.

   ruЯ отвезу вас в аэропорт.

   deIch werde Sie zum Flughafen fahren.

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2. We took turns driving the car.

   Ми вели машину по черзі.

   ruМы вели машину по очереди.

   deWir haben uns beim Autofahren abgewechselt.

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3. I go to a driving school.

   Я відвідую курси водіїв.

   ruЯ хожу в автошколу.

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4. My brother can drive a car.

   Мій брат вміє керувати автомобілем.

   ruМой брат может водить машину.

   deMein Bruder kann Auto fahren.

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5. He often drives his father's car.

   Він часто їздить на машині батька.

   ruОн часто ездит на отцовской машине.

   deEr fährt oft das Auto seines Vaters.

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