scrambles

英 [ˈskræmblz]

美 [ˈskræmblz]

v.  (迅速而吃力地)爬，攀登; 争抢; 抢占; 争夺; 艰难地(或仓促地)完成
n.  (尤指需要手脚并用的)艰难行走，爬，攀登; 争抢; 抢占; 争夺; 摩托车越野赛
scramble的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (迅速地)爬,攀登
  If youscrambleover rocks or up a hill, you move quickly over them or up it using your hands to help you.
  1. Tourists were scrambling over the rocks looking for the perfect camera angle...
     游客们在正爬上岩石寻找最佳的拍摄角度。
  2. He scrambled up a steep bank.
     他攀上了一个陡峭的河堤。
• VERB 仓促行动;慌忙前往
  If youscrambleto a different place or position, you move there in a hurried, awkward way.
  1. Ann threw back the covers and scrambled out of bed...
     安掀开被子，急忙下了床。
  2. He scrambled to his feet.
     他赶忙站起身来。
• VERB 争夺;抢夺
  If a number of peoplescramble forsomething, they compete energetically with each other for it.
  1. More than three million fans are expected to scramble for tickets...
     预计会有超过 300 万的球迷抢购门票。
  2. Business is booming and foreigners are scrambling to invest.
     商业繁荣，外国人争相投资。
  3. Scrambleis also a noun.
     
  4. ...the scramble for jobs.
     对工作机会的争夺
  5. ...a scramble to get a seat on the early morning flight.
     争订凌晨班机的座位
• VERB 炒(蛋)
  If youscrambleeggs, you break them, mix them together and then heat and stir the mixture in a pan.
  1. Make the toast and scramble the eggs.
     把面包烤一下并炒些鸡蛋。
• VERB 倒换(无线电或电话信号)的频率(使只有持特殊仪器的人才能接收)
  If a devicescramblesa radio or telephone message, it interferes with the sound so that the message can only be understood by someone with special equipment.
  1. The latest machines scramble the messages so that the conversation cannot easily be intercepted.
     最新的机器对信号作扰频处理，通话就不易被侦听了。

双语例句

• The findings underline the scale of challenges facing the sector as it scrambles to adapt to a harsh new environment of falling returns, cash-strapped investors and a backlash from regulators and politicians.
  上述调查结果突显出私人股本行业面临的重大挑战。目前，该行业正忙于适应恶劣的新环境回报率不断下降，投资者现金匮乏，以及监管机构和政界人士的抵制。
• As it scrambles to avoid bankruptcy, GM and its advisers are exploring two different bankruptcy scenarios, according to people with knowledge of the plans.
  据知情人士透露，就在公司想方设法避免破产之际，通用及其顾问机构也在研究两种不同的破产方案。
• That's because it is virtually free of consumer debt and, as the world scrambles for natural resources, it also boasts a wealth of oil and gas reserves.
  这是因为在俄罗斯几乎不存在消费者债务，而且在世界争夺自然资源之时，俄罗斯却拥有丰富的油气储量。
• India is planning a radical overhaul of its environmental regulation to improve long neglected standards of compliance as it scrambles to protect fast-degrading natural resources.
  随着印度抓紧保护迅速退化的自然资源，该国正计划彻底改革其环境监管规定，提高长期被忽视的合规标准。
• The algorithm chooses an gray image with intuitive visual property as the original watermark, and scrambles it before embedded in order to enhance the safety and concealment.
  该算法选择视觉直观的灰度图像作为原始水印，并在嵌入之前进行置乱处理，以提高安全性和隐蔽性。
• NASA scrambles to see if materials dangling from Discovery's belly may endanger the spaceshuttle during re-entry.
  美国宇航局正忙于检查在发现号腹部摇晃不定的物体是否会在返航期间危及该太空船。
• Something scrambles the Dna inside a nucleus, and suddenly, instead of dividing in a measured fashion, a cell begins to copy itself furiously.
  细胞核内的DNA被某种物质打乱，细胞突然不再有规则地分裂，而开始大量复制自身。
• Usually, a vice-presidential candidate scrambles to fall into line with the top of the ticket.
  通常来说，副总统候选人要努力配合总统候选人的主张。
• Hardly a day passes without him getting scratched or bruised as he scrambles for a place on a bus.
  为了挤公交，他几乎没有一天能完好无损，身上不是擦伤就是抓伤。
• With spontaneous irreverence, satire rearranges perspectives, scrambles familiar objects into incongruous juxtaposition, and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract platitude.
  讽刺作品用自然的嘲讽态度重新设置了观点，将熟悉的事物自相矛盾地置在一起。