jostle

英 [ˈdʒɒsl]

美 [ˈdʒɑːsl]

v.  (在人群中)挤，推，撞，搡

现在分词：jostling　过去式：jostled　过去分词：jostled　第三人称单数：jostles　复数：jostles　

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11490 / COCA.13188

短语用例

jostle for sth

• 争夺；争抢
  to compete strongly and with force with other people for sth
  1. The visiting president was jostled by angry demonstrators.
     到访的总统受到愤怒的示威者的推搡。
  2. People were jostling, arguing and complaining.
     人们推推搡搡，争吵着抱怨着。

牛津词典

verb

• （在人群中）挤，推，撞，搡
  to push roughly against sb in a crowd
  1. The visiting president was jostled by angry demonstrators.
     到访的总统受到愤怒的示威者的推搡。
  2. People were jostling, arguing and complaining.
     人们推推搡搡，争吵着抱怨着。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （在人群中）挤，推，推搡
  If peoplejostleyou, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you.
  1. You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture...
     2,000个人互相推推搡搡，撞在家具上。
  2. We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping...
     我们购物的时候，花了1个钟头在人群中挤来挤去。
  3. She was cheered and clapped by tourists who jostled to see her.
     那些拥挤着想见她一面的游客们朝她欢呼鼓掌。
• VERB 争抢，争夺（关注、奖赏等）
  If people or thingsare jostling forsomething such as attention or a reward, they are competing with other people or things in order to get it.
  1. ...the contenders who have been jostling for the top job...
     一直在争夺这一高级职位的竞争者们
  2. There is a wide spread of stories jostling for coverage on today's front pages.
     有大量各种题材的报道争着上今天报纸的头版。

英英释义

noun

• the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
  Synonym:jostling

verb

• come into rough contact with while moving
  1. The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train
  Synonym:shove
• make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
  1. We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform

双语例句

• It looks like an idyllic rural spot, where bushels of red chilies hang from the eves of steep-roofed wooden houses and hay wains jostle with shepherds in narrow streets.
  这里本是一片桃源般的所在，木屋的尖顶上挂满了一串串的红辣椒，羊倌们赶着运草料的车在小径上穿梭，人呼马叫。
• Instead, he will head a messy government by committee where rival generals will jostle to control him.
  相反，他将通过一个委员会来领导混乱的政府在这个委员会中，相互争斗的高官会争夺对他的控制权。
• For in the springtime flowers come in crowds, and the busy wings of bees jostle each other.
  因为在春天繁花盛开，蜜蜂的忙碌的翅翼也彼此摩挤。
• The sector is experiencing unprecedented activity as local and foreign groups jostle to raise capital or strike deals to capture a larger slice of the world's fastest-growing markets for life assurance.
  作为全球增长最快的寿险市场，亚洲寿险业正处于前所未有的交易活跃期，本土和外来保险集团争相筹措资本或签订交易，以期获得更大的市场份额。
• Messengers who jostle pedestrians on the sidewalk. They broke asunder, sidling out of their benches, leaping them.
  在人行道上与行人挤来挤去的送信人他们忽然散开来，有的侧身从凳子前挤出去，有的从上面一跃而过。
• She was cheered and clapped by tourists who jostled to see her.
  那些拥挤着想见她一面的游客们朝她欢呼鼓掌。
• Reporters and bloggers jostle for scoops and insight from the Demo ballroom. Here, CNET's Daniel Terdiman has begun writing even before the show has officially kicked off.
  记者和博客争相抢快，抢在演示舞厅洞察力。在这里，CNET的丹尼尔特迪曼甚至已经开始写在展前已经正式拉开帷幕。
• Military officers may use the ballot to jostle for power.
  军官们也许会用选票来争抢权力。
• We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping
  我们购物的时候，花了1个钟头在人群中挤来挤去。
• They fear being caught between Washington and Beijing as the superpowers jostle for political and economic influence.
  他们担心陷入美中两个超级大国的政治和经济影响角力当中。