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drive-by

/drahyv-bahy/US // ˈdraɪvˌbaɪ //

驱车前往,驱车行驶,驱车旅行,驾车行驶

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural drive-bys.

    • : the action of driving by a specified locality, object, etc.: a drive-by of Nelson's Monument.
    • : a drive-by shooting: The gang member was killed in a drive-by.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of or featuring a drive-by: We boarded the sightseeing bus for a drive-by tour of the nation's capital.
    • : occurring while driving past a person, object, etc.: a drive-by shooting.
    • : casual; superficial; offhand: a drive-by news analysis.
    • : involving a brief stay in a hospital, clinic, etc.: a drive-by mastectomy.

Examples

  • He used to drive her to school once he came home from the Marines.

  • The hope was that greater transparency about performance would drive results.

  • You would only see it for a second, but it would drive you forward.

  • A step-by-step plan to break from your various technology addictions.

  • Those snakes attacked unwitting passers-by, or invaded homes and hotels.

  • All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."

  • Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.

  • Wordsworth has illustrated how an unwise and importunate demand for a reason from a child may drive him into invention.

  • Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.

  • If they will come to our villages and drive us out a hundred at a time, what would they do to one man alone?