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give sb a shove
He gave me a shove.
他推了我一下。
猛推；推搡
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
猛推；推搡
A rough push.
He gave me a shove.
他推了我一下。
猛推
A rough push.
河冰堆积物的向前移动
A forward movement of packed river-ice.
He felt a shove from behind and stumbled forward.
他感到背后有人推了一把，向前踉跄了几步。
The shove from the crowd pushed her against the wall.
人群的推挤把她推到墙边。
With one final shove, the door creaked open.
最后用力一推，门吱呀一声开了。
He gave me a shove.
他推了我一下。
He opened the door with a shove.
他用力一推打开了门。
The car needs a shove to start.
这辆车需要推一下才能启动。
Not this
He gave me shove.
Use this
He gave me a shove.
在英语中，“shove”作名词时为可数名词，前面要加不定冠词“a”。中文表达“推”没有冠词概念，学习者容易遗漏冠词。
Not this
He shove the door open.
Use this
He shoved the door open.
描述过去发生的动作时，动词“shove”应使用过去式“shoved”。中文动词没有时态变化，学习者常误用动词原形。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
猛推某人一把
He gave the intruder a shove and slammed the door.
他猛推了闯入者一把，然后砰地关上了门。
从背后猛推
Someone gave me a shove in the back as we entered the station.
我们进站时，有人在背后猛推了我一把。
用力一推
The suitcase was stuck, so she gave it a hard shove.
手提箱卡住了，所以她用力推了一把。
轻轻一推
He gave the boat a gentle shove away from the dock.
他轻轻一推，把船推离了码头。
推推搡搡；相互推搡
As the doors opened, there were pushes and shoves.
门一开，人们就推推搡搡起来。
冰壅；河冰前移
An ice shove can push large rocks onto the shore.
冰壅能把大石头推到岸上。
紧要关头；关键时刻
When push comes to shove, I know I can count on my friends.
到了紧要关头，我知道我可以依靠朋友。
辞退某人；甩掉某人
They gave him the shove after he kept showing up late.
他老是迟到，他们便把他辞退了。
激烈竞争；推推搡搡
She was tired of the push and shove of working in a big city.
她厌倦了大城市工作中的激烈竞争。
Use shove naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把“shove”想成“使劲一推”的开头音：肩膀猛地顶开人群；河里的浮冰也会这样被推挤、壅塞起来。
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday physical push or shove、river-ice movement in hydrology 作名词时，常见义“猛推/推搡”多用于非正式日常对话；而“冰壅（河冰前移）”属于专业用法，比较常见于水文或环境报道。日常学习宜优先掌握“推搡”的搭配，如 give someone a shove。
常与动词give搭配使用，如give a shove
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