推[tuī]

动

1. push; shove

♦ ~车 push a cart

♦ ~了他一下 give him a push

♦ 把门~开 push (or shove) the door open

♦ 把竹排~进河里 shove (or push) the bamboo raft into the river

♦ 把子弹~上膛 ram a cartridge into the rifle chamber

2. turn a mill or grindstone; grind

♦ ~点白面 grind some wheat into flour

3. cut; pare

♦ 用刨子~光 make smooth with a plane; plane

♦ ~个光头 have one’s head shaved

4. push forward; promote; advance

♦ 把运动~向高潮 push the movement to a climax

5. infer; deduce

♦ 类推

6. push away; shirk; shift

♦ 不要把重担子~给人家。 Don't shift burdensome tasks onto others.

7. put off; postpone

♦ 这项工作得抓紧, 不能老是往后~。 We have to get on with this job, we can't put it off day after day.

♦ 往后~几天 postpone for a few days

8. elect; choose

♦ ~他担任小组长 elect him group leader; choose him to be group leader

9. hold in esteem; praise highly