shove /ʃʌv/ CET4 TEM8 ( shoving, shoved, shoves )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you shove someone or something, you push them with a quick, violent movement. 猛推

  例：

  He shoved her out of the way.

  他把她推开。

  例：

  He's the one who shoved me.

  他是推我的那个人。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Shove is also a noun. 猛推

  例：

  She gave Gracie a shove toward the house.

  她把格雷西向那所房子猛地一推。

• 3. 

  V-T If you shove something somewhere, you push it there quickly and carelessly. 乱塞

  例：

  We shoved a copy of the newsletter beneath their door.

  我们在他们的门下塞了一份时事通讯。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If you talk about what you think will happen if push comes to shove, you are talking about what you think will happen if a situation becomes very bad or difficult. 情况不妙时 [非正式]

  例：

  If push comes to shove, if you should lose your case in the court, what will you do?

  如果情况不妙，你在法庭上输了官司，你会怎么办？