push: implies the application of force by a body already in contact with the body to be moved: ~ the door open.   注意两个词的区别: move移动remove移除


shove: implies a strong and often fast, sudden, or rough pushing that forces something along or aside: ~d the man out of my way.


thrust: suggests less steadiness and greater violence than push and implies the application of a single abrupt movement or action: ~ the money into my hand and ran away.


propel: suggests a driving rapidly forward or onward by a force or power that imparts motion: ship ~led by steam.


push: shove: thrust: propel驱动: 使向前移动

push已经接触，shove有力突然粗暴，thrust有力的一下子，propel驱动力.


记忆方法: 1）首字母PSTP


         2）推动的意思是用力使向前或两边移动mean to cause to move ahead or aside by the application of force.