Le mot anglais du jour

drive

conduire

Définitions

anglais > français
drive
1. v. Conduire, aller en véhicule, se déplacer aux commandes d'un véhicule automobile.
When last seen, the suspect was driving a blue Mercedes and heading east.
Quand il a été vu pour la dernière fois, le suspect conduisait une Mercedes bleue et se dirigeait vers l'est.
2. v. Conduire, diriger, mener, aboutir.
3. v. Conduire, diriger, piloter.
Who's driving the car this time, you or me?
Qui conduit la voiture cette fois, toi ou moi ?
4. v. Guider, régler.
5. v. Diriger.
6. v. Actionner.
In a car engine, the camshaft drives the crankshaft, which eventually causes the wheels to turn.
Dans un moteur de voiture, l'arbre à came actionne l'arbre moteur, qui fait finalement tourner les roues. (doute;traduction)
7. v. Amener à, faire avancer, pourchasser, poursuivre, pousser.
You're the one with all the ideas. You're driving this project, not me.
C'est toi qui as toutes les idées. Tu fais avancer le projet, pas moi.
8. v. Enfoncer.
The hammer drove the nails into the wall.
Le marteau enfonça les clous dans le mur.
9. v. (Figuré) Se mettre dans le crâne, s'enfoncer dans le crâne. (doute;définition)
He kept driving the lesson home.
Il continua à se mettre la leçon dans le crâne chez lui. (doute;traduction)
10. v. Aller, aller en véhicule, se déplacer.
It's Sunday. Let's drive around the coutryside.
C'est dimanche. Allons faire un tour (en voiture / en vélo…) à la campagne.
11. v. Rouler.
I like to drive.
The car drove away before I could see its license plate number.
La voiture roula au loin avant que je ne pusse en voir le numéro d'immatriculation.
12. v. Conduire, diriger, mener, aboutir.
I know how to drive.
13. v. Conduire, diriger, piloter.
Who's driving, you or me?
Qui conduit, toi ou moi ?
14. n. Campagne.
15. n. Incitation, impulsion
16. n. Pulsion
17. n. Prise.
18. n. Propulsion.
Warp drive now, Mr. Sulu!
Propulsion de déformation spatiale maintenant, M. Sulu ! (doute;traduction)
19. n. (Informatique) Un mécanisme permettant de lire et écrire des données depuis ou vers un périphérique de stockage de masse.
exemple : le mécanisme de lecture / écriture d'un disque dur
20. n. (Informatique) (Par métonymie) Périphérique de stockage de masse dans lequel le mécanisme permettant de lire et écrire des données est intégré.
un disque dur
21. n. (Informatique) Lecteur.
22. n. (UK) Voie privée conduisant à un garage ou une maison.
anglais > anglais
drive
1. n. Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
2. n. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
3. n. An act of driving animals forward, such as to be captured, hunted etc.
4. n. (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
5. n. A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
Some old model trains have clockwork drives.
6. n. A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
It was a long drive.
7. n. A driveway.
The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.
8. n. A type of public roadway.
Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
9. n. (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
10. n. (psychology) Desire or interest.
11. n. (computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
12. n. (computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
13. n. (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
14. n. (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
15. n. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
16. n. (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
17. n. (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
18. n. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
a whist drive; a beetle drive
19. n. (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
20. n. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
21. v. To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
to drive sheep out of a field
22. v. (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
23. v. To cause animals to flee out of.
24. v. To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
25. v. To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
The pistons drive the crankshaft.
26. v. (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
drive a car
27. v. To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
What drives a person to run a marathon?
28. v. To compel (to do something).
Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
29. v. To cause to become.
This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity. You are driving me crazy!
30. v. (intransitive, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
31. v. (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
I drive to work every day.
32. v. To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
My wife drove me to the airport.
33. v. (intransitive) To move forcefully.
34. v. (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
35. v. To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
36. v. To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
37. v. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
38. v. (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
39. v. (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
40. v. (obsolete) To distrain for rent.
41. v. To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
français > anglais
conduire
1. v. to drive (a vehicle)
Il conduit la voiture. - He is driving the car.
2. v. to lead, to conduct
3. v. to behave, to conduct oneself
Les enfants se conduisent mal. - The children are behaving badly.