push1 /pʊʃ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 move 移动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PUSH to make someone or something move by pressing them with your hands, arms etc 推;推动 OPP pull It didn’t move, so she pushed harder. 它一动不动,因此她加力去推。
I promised to push him on the swings for as long as he wanted. 我答应他想在秋千上荡多久我就推多久。
shoppers pushing their grocery carts 推着购物车的购物者
push somebody/something away/back/aside etc She pushed him away. 她推开了他。
Maria pushed her hair back from her forehead. 玛丽亚把头发从额头往后拢。
push somebody/something towards/into etc something Philip pushed him towards the door. 菲利普把他往门口推。
push something open/shut I slowly pushed the door open. 我慢慢地把门推开。
2 button/switch 按钮/开关 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SWITCH ON OR OFF to press a button, switch etc in order to make a piece of equipment start or stop working 按下(按钮、开关等) SYN press I got in and pushed the button for the fourth floor. 我进去后按了四楼的按钮。
Push the green button to start the engine. 按绿色按钮发动引擎。
3 try to get past 设法从旁边经过 [intransitiveI]PUSH to use your hands, arms etc to make people or things move, so that you can get past them 挤,推挤 Don’t push. Everyone will get a turn. 别挤,每个人都轮得到。
push (your way) past/through/into etc A fat man pushed past me in his rush to leave. 一个胖男人急着离开,从我身边挤了过去。
She pushed her way to the front. 她挤到了前面。
4 encourage 鼓励 [transitiveT]FORCE somebody TO DO something to encourage or force someone to do something or to work hard 鼓励;敦促;逼迫 Encourage your kids to try new things, but try not to push them too hard. 要鼓励你的孩子们尝试新鲜事物,不过尽量不要逼得太紧。
athletes who push their bodies to the limit 将体能发挥到极限的运动员
push yourself He’s been pushing himself too hard, working 12-hour days. 他给自己的压力太大了,每天工作12小时。
push somebody into (doing) something My husband pushed me into leaving the job. 我丈夫硬要我辞了职。
push somebody to do something The teachers pushed the students to achieve. 老师们鞭策学生要学有所成。
5 persuade 劝说 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to try to persuade people to accept your ideas, opinions etc in order to achieve something 说服,力劝 The president is trying to push his agenda in Congress. 总统正力劝国会接受自己的议题。
push for He was pushing hard for welfare reform. 他正努力推行福利改革。
push to do something Company representatives are pushing to open foreign markets to their products. 公司代表正力图把产品推向国外市场。
push something on somebody We don’t try to push our religion on anyone. 我们不想把自己的信仰强加于任何人。
6 change 改变 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to change someone’s situation, or to make a situation change, especially when some people do not want it to change 促使改变〔尤指一些人不愿意改变时〕 The law would push even more children into poverty. 这条法令会把更多儿童推向贫困。
attempts to push the peace process forward 推动和平进程的尝试
7 increase/decrease 增加/减少 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to increase or decrease an amount, value, or number 增加 ,减少〔数量、价值等〕push something up/down Slow sales have pushed down orders. 销售不旺导致订单减少。
push something higher/lower New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher. 新技术进一步提高了医疗保健成本。
8 army 军队 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if an army pushes somewhere, it moves in that direction 挺进,推进 The army was pushing north. 军队向北挺进。
We pushed deep into enemy territory. 我们向敌占区纵深挺进。
9 advertise 做广告 [transitiveT] informalBBAADVERTISE to try to sell more of a product by advertising it a lot 〔通过大量广告〕推销〔商品〕 Sports stars earn big bucks for pushing everything from shoes to soft drinks. 体育明星们大做广告,从鞋子到软饮料,赚得盆满钵满。
10. drugs 毒品 [transitiveT] informalMDD to sell illegal drugs 贩卖〔毒品〕 → pusher 11. be pushing 40/50 etc informal to be nearly 40,50 etc years old 将近40/50岁等be pushing 40/50 etc• Burt's probably pushing 50 by now. 12 push your luck/push it informalRISK to do something or ask for something, especially something you have done or asked for before, when this is likely to annoy someone or involves a risk 〔因曾经成功而〕再次冒险;得寸进尺;想(再)交好运 If she doesn’t want to go, don’t push it. 如果她不想去,就别勉强了。
It’s 26 miles, so you’re pushing your luck if you try to hike it in a day. 路途有26英里,要想在一天内走完未免太相信自己的运气了。
13 push something out of your mind (also push something to the back of your mind) to try not to think about something, especially something bad or worrying 把某物抛在脑后,忘记〔不愉快的事情〕 He pushed the thought out of his mind and tried to concentrate. 他把那种念头抛诸脑后,尽量集中注意力。
14 push (somebody’s) buttons informal to make someone feel strong emotions 触动(某人的)强烈情感 Movies shouldn’t be afraid to push a few buttons. 电影不应该害怕触动人们的某些情感。
push (somebody’s) buttons• Between these two displays are the rotary encoder control and four push buttons.• But, as you know, with the K858 you have the advantage of push buttons.• Subtle it ain t, but for big-band fans, it pushes all the buttons.• The geeky suitor lost, which pushes the wrong buttons.• The destabilizing effect will push buttons and force changes.• This can only be because there is something about Twinkies that pushes buttons in us that other junk foods do not.• Five push buttons take care of the full-speed play, half-speed play, record, instrument distortion and stop options.• When your words are likely to push his buttons, use anticipation. 15 push the boat out British EnglishBrE informalSPEND MONEY to spend more money than you usually do, on something special 花大钱 Push the boat out and get tickets to the theatre or ballet. 奢侈一下,买票去看看戏或芭蕾吧!
16. push the point PERSUADEto keep trying to make someone accept your opinion in a way that they think is annoying 〔令人讨厌地〕拼命劝说某人接受自己的观点push the point• Even she could not push the point any farther.• She decided not to push the point any further, could see he had switched off.• If the customer pushes the point, he fights back. 17 push the envelope American EnglishAmE to do something that is new and that goes beyond the limits of what has already been done in a particular area of activity 创新突破push the envelope of/on ideas that push the envelope of design and construction 开创设计和建筑新境界的观点
push the envelope• It needs some one who understands its basic talent, some one who will help it to push the envelope of its artificial intelligence.• Both were known to push the envelope of life.
18. be pushing up (the) daisies informal to be dead – used humorously 死〔幽默用法〕be pushing up (the) daisies• It's lucky I was sent here, to Hepzibah, or I'd be pushing up daisies.
n19. technical [transitiveT] to automatically send your email to your smartphone, so that you receive it immediately → pushed, pushing THESAURUSpush to make something or someone move by pressing them with your hands, arms etc 推,推动Push the door, don’t pull it. 推门,不要拉门。
She pushed him away and walked out. 她推开他,走了出去。
shove to push someone or something in a rough or careless way 猛推,挤People were shoving to get to the front of the queue. 人们互相推搡着想要挤到队伍前面。
Tom shoved his suitcase under the bed. 汤姆把衣箱推到床底下。
stuff informal to push something quickly and carelessly into a small space 塞,填塞She stuffed a few clothes into a bag and left. 她往袋子里塞了几件衣服就走了。
poke to push someone or something with your finger or something sharp 戳,捅,刺I poked the snake with a stick but it was dead. 我用一根木棍捅捅那条蛇,但它已经死了。
nudge to push someone beside you gently with your elbow to get their attention 〔用肘〕轻推Toby nudged me and pointed out of the window. 托比用胳膊肘碰了碰我,指指窗外。
roll to push something round or something on wheels so that it moves forward 滚动They rolled the logs down the hill. 他们把原木滚下山。
The car still didn’t start so we tried to roll it off the road. 汽车还是发动不起来,因此我们试着把它推离大路。
wheel to push something with wheels, for example a bicycle or a trolley, so that it moves forward, while guiding it with your hands 推动〔有轮之物〕Rob wheeled his bike round the back of the house. 罗布把自行车推到屋后。
20 push ahead phrasal verbphr v CONTINUE/NOT STOPto continue with a plan or an activity, especially in a determined way 〔尤指坚定地〕继续进行,大力推进〔计划或活动〕 with Quinlan decided to push ahead with the deal. 昆兰决定继续进行那笔交易。
21 push along phrasal verbphr v LEAVE A PLACE must/should etc be pushing along British EnglishBrE spoken used to say that you think it is time for you to leave a place 得走了/该走了等 It’s getting late – I think we should be pushing along. 天晚了,我想我们该走啦。
22 push somebody around (also push somebody about British English) phrasal verbphr v TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingto tell someone what to do in an impolite or threatening way 对〔某人〕发号施令;摆布〔某人〕 Europeans sometimes feel the Americans are trying to push them around. 欧洲人有时候觉得美国人在试图对他们发号施令。
push around• Why do you always let people push you around?• You think you can push me around because you've been doing that since we were in the nursery.• I'm sick and tired of being pushed around by him.• They push me around for no reason, they locked me up for no reason!• Stella the personnel administrator will not simply push paper around in Personnel but will take action to cut down on the bureaucracy.• With the Bears pushing Oregon State around nearly at will, Cal quarterback Justin Vedder spent most of the day handing off.• But he's wrong if he thinks he can push me around now.• Gould pushed his food around on his plate.• The new one was a roadworthy item, and Jenny could push it around the grounds.• You shouldn't let other people push you around -- you've got to stand up for yourself. 23 push somebody/something aside phrasal verbphr v a) FORGET push something ↔ aside to try to forget about something, especially something unpleasant, so that you can give your attention to what you are doing 设法忘掉,不去想〔尤指不愉快的事情〕 She pushed aside her anger, forcing herself to focus on her work. 她压住怒火,强迫自己专心工作。
b) to force someone out of their job or position, taking the job in their place 强迫〔某人〕离职;排挤〔某人〕 Primakov was pushed aside but later became head of Intelligence. 普里马科夫遭到排挤去职,但是后来却成为情报局局长。
24 push yourself forward phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrEATTENTION to try to make other people notice you 〔为引人注目〕表现自己,出风头 Rupert was a quiet type, not one to push himself forward. 鲁珀特沉默寡言,不是个爱出风头的人。
push forward• Thereafter I didn't dare push myself forward. 25 push in phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informalWAIT# to go in front of other people who are already waiting in a line for something, instead of going to the back of the line 插队,挤到队伍的前面 A couple of boys pushed in at the head of the queue. 几个男孩插到了队伍的最前面。
26 push off phrasal verbphr v b) British EnglishBrE spokenLEAVE A PLACE used to tell someone rudely to go away 走开〔不礼貌的用语〕
27 push on phrasal verbphr v a) CONTINUE/NOT STOPto continue travelling somewhere, especially after you have had a rest 〔尤指休息之后〕继续前行 We decided to push on a little further. 我们决定再往前走一点。
b) CONTINUE/NOT STOPto continue doing an activity 继续〔做某事〕 with Nixon pushed on with the weapons development program. 尼克松继续实施武器开发计划。
28 push somebody/something ↔ over phrasal verbphr v FALLto make someone or something fall to the ground by pushing them 把〔某人或某物〕推倒 He went wild, pushing over tables and chairs. 他暴跳如雷,把桌椅都掀翻了。
29 push something ↔ through (also push something through something) phrasal verbphr v FALLto get a plan, law etc officially accepted, especially quickly 〔尤指快速地〕使〔计划、法律等〕获得通过 The planning application was pushed through as quickly as possible. 规划申请在尽可能短的时间内获得了通过。
push through• Then Gingrich started to push his policies through Congress, and things picked up.• Croft did what Croft always does and pushed the ball through slowly and deliberately, getting sideways turn but nothing too dangerous.• The men climbed in and pushed their way through the animals towards Leeming.• Kohl pushed his program through the Bundestag.• At last, Corbett found the narrow alleyway and pushed his horse through the crowd to the battered ale-stake above the dingy house.• Farris took a shovel from Resler and quickly pushed the blade through the snake and firmly into the ground.• Maybe the blood pushing itself through the vessels near his ears.• McGowan had a gun in his hand and he was pushing the muzzle through the zipper and into the tourist's mouth.