drive与ride均含有“乘、骑”之意。
drive : 指乘坐在有轮子的交通工具之内，控制其行驶。
- I'm learning to drive.
我在学开车。 - "Are you going by train?" "No, I'm driving."
“你乘火车去吗？”“不，我开车去。” - She drives a red sports car.
她开一辆红色跑车。 - They're driving to Chicago on Tuesday.
星期二他们要开车去芝加哥。 - We saw their car outside the house and drove on/past/away.
我们看见他们的车在房子外面，然后就开车往前走／过去／离开了。 - I drove my daughter to school.
我开车送女儿上学。
ride : 通常指骑在车、马上行驶。
- I learned to ride a bike when I was six.
我6岁学会了骑自行车。 - I ride my moped to work.
我骑机动自行车去上班。 - I ride to work on my moped.
我骑机动自行车去上班。 - The hunters came riding by/past on their horses.
猎人们骑马飞驰而过。
