| 词汇 | drive at |
| 释义 | Phr V drive at be driving at sth (always in continuous tenses; always used in questions) informal if you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking them what they really meanWhat on earth is he driving at?I just don't understand what you're driving at. what sb is driving at what someone is really trying to say, when they are not saying it directly: "Morton, what are you driving at?" "I think we're in trouble, Mahoney, big trouble." Melissa realised what I was driving at... that I suspected Alain had been murdered.■ SIMILAR TO: what sb is getting at drive at (something)To allude to some point or topic or orient one's discussion of something toward a particular conclusion. What exactly are you driving at with a critical statement like that? If you have a problem with my work, just tell me. drive at somethingto be making a point; to be hinting at something; to work up to making a point. What are you driving at? What's the point? I could tell Mary was driving at something, but I didn't know what it was. drive atMean to do or say, as in I don't understand what he's driving at. Today this idiom, first recorded in 1579, is used mainly with the participle driving. drive atv. To mean to do or say something; have something as a point: I don't understand what you're driving at—just tell me what you mean. |
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