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[draɪv] drove vb: pt driven pp1. n2) (leading to house) vialetto (d'accesso)3) Tennis diritto, Golf drive m inv4) (energy) grinta, energia, (motivation) spinta, stimolo, Psych impulso, (effort) sforzo eccezionale5) Comm Pol campagna6) Tech trasmissione f, Autofront-/rear-wheel drive — trazione f anteriore/posteriore
left-/right-hand drive — guida a sinistra/destra
7) Comput, (also: disk drive) disk drive m inv, unità f inv a dischi magnetici2. vt1) (cause to move: people, animals) condurre, (clouds, leaves) sospingerehe is driven by greed/ambition — è spinto dall'avidità/dall'ambizione
3) (operate: machine) azionare4)(nail, stake)
to drive (into) — conficcare (in), piantare (in)to drive this point home, she pointed out that... — per farsi capire bene, ha sottolineato che...
3. vi(drive a car) guidare, (travel by car) andare in macchinato drive away/back — partire/ritornare in macchina
to drive at 50 km an hour — guidare or andare a 50 km all'ora
•- drive at- drive on- drive up
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