push

• vt.押す、増やす；圧力をかける、強制する；押し付ける；説得する
• vi. 押す；増やす；努力する
• n.決心して、押し進める；集団で攻撃する；決心して追求する

古フランス語のpoulser「押す、推進する」から。ラテン語のpulsare「打つ、打つ、推進する」が語源で、語源的にはpulse「推進する」と同じ。

push

push: [13] Push comes ultimately from the same source as English pulsate and pulse – pulsus, the past participle of Latin pellere ‘drive, push, beat’. From it was formed the verb pulsāre ‘push, beat’, which in Old French became poulser, later pousser. Anglo-Norman took this over as *pusser, and passed it on to English as push.
=> pulsate, pulse

push (v.)

early 14c., from Old French poulser (Modern French pousser), from Latin pulsare "to beat, strike, push," frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to push, drive, beat" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "promote" is from 1714; meaning "approach a certain age" is from 1937. For palatization of -s-, OED compares brush (n.1); quash. Related: Pushed; pushing.

"Pushing up the daisies now," said a soldier of his dead comrade. ["The American Florist," vol. XLVIII, No. 1504, March 31, 1917]

To push (someone) around is from 1923. To push (one's) luck is from 1754. To push the envelope in figurative sense is late 1980s. To push up daisies "be dead and buried" is from World War I.

push (n.)

1560s, from push (v.). Phrase push comes to shove is from 1936.

1. I saw her push the boulder down on you.

彼女が巨石を押し下げてあなたに投げつけたのを見た。

2.Information is called up at the push of a button.

キー情報を1つ押すと呼び出されます。

3.The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases.

新総理は人気のない増税案を推進する勇気がある。

4.The vote will enable the Prime Minister to push through tough policies.

今回の投票で首相は強硬策に取り組むことができる。

5.We need a push to take the first step.

最初の一歩を踏み出すには、少し励ましが必要です。