push

• vt. 推動，增加；對…施加壓力，逼迫；按；說服
• vi. 推進；增加；努力爭取
• n. 推，決心；大規模攻勢；矢誌的追求

來自古法語poulser,推動，推進，來自拉丁語pulsare,擊，打，推進，詞源同pulse,propel.字母l脫落。

push

push: [13] Push comes ultimately from the same source as English pulsate and pulse – pulsus, the past participle of Latin pellere ‘drive, push, beat’. From it was formed the verb pulsāre ‘push, beat’, which in Old French became poulser, later pousser. Anglo-Norman took this over as *pusser, and passed it on to English as push.
=> pulsate, pulse

push (v.)

early 14c., from Old French poulser (Modern French pousser), from Latin pulsare "to beat, strike, push," frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to push, drive, beat" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "promote" is from 1714; meaning "approach a certain age" is from 1937. For palatization of -s-, OED compares brush (n.1); quash. Related: Pushed; pushing.

"Pushing up the daisies now," said a soldier of his dead comrade. ["The American Florist," vol. XLVIII, No. 1504, March 31, 1917]

To push (someone) around is from 1923. To push (one's) luck is from 1754. To push the envelope in figurative sense is late 1980s. To push up daisies "be dead and buried" is from World War I.

push (n.)

1560s, from push (v.). Phrase push comes to shove is from 1936.

1. I saw her push the boulder down on you.

我看見她將巨石推下砸向你。

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2. Information is called up at the push of a button.

按一個鍵信息就會被調出來。

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3. The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases.

新總理有勇氣推動不受歡迎的增稅方案獲得通過。

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4. The vote will enable the Prime Minister to push through tough policies.

這次投票將使首相能夠力行強硬政策。

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5. We need a push to take the first step.

我們需要一點兒鼓勵才能邁出第一步。

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