jostling

英 [ˈdʒɒslɪŋ]

美 [ˈdʒɑːslɪŋ]

v.  (在人群中)挤，推，撞，搡
jostle的现在分词

现在分词：jostling　复数：jostlings　

BNC.41474 / COCA.32645

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:jostle

双语例句

• Once again we inhabit a world of great powers jostling for influence.
  我们又一次进入了大国争夺影响力的世界。
• The reason is that vendors compete with each other for customers and are continuously jostling for position.
  原因就是厂商之间对客户的竞争，持续地相互碰撞。
• It is an unusually warm summer night in London, and the courtyards of the bars and cafes in Soho are packed with people jostling to soak up the last few hours of sun.
  这是一个异常温暖的伦敦夏夜，梭霍区的酒吧和咖啡馆院子里都挤满了人，大家都争抢着享受最后几小时的太阳。
• Yum still outnumbers its rivals, but in some malls it now finds itself jostling for space with McDonald's, Subway and cheaper Chinese outlets.
  在餐厅数量上百胜仍然超过对手，但在一些商场百胜发现自己与麦当劳、赛百味（Subway）和其它更便宜的中国餐厅竞争空间。
• Many other firms are also jostling to become the main interpreter of corporate data.
  其他许多公司也正你争我夺，想成为公司数据的主要诠释者。
• Meanwhile, you spend years with jostling managers taking their eye off the programmes.
  同时，你花了数年之功与管理者争权夺利，把他们的注意力从节目上转移开来。
• Even though the desk is wide, keyboards and mice take up room, so there can be a lot of jostling and adjustment on the desktop, and chairs and such can collide as well.
  即使桌子较宽，有足够的空间给键盘和鼠标，同样会存在拥挤、调整桌面和椅子所带来碰撞等问题。
• Pretty Simple is just one of hundreds of young French digital enterprises jostling to make a mark.
  PrettySimple只是法国数百家努力出人头地的年轻数字企业之一。
• You can rest assured that despite his jostling and wrangling, your Aries dad is always on your team.
  放心，尽管他言辞苛责，但他永远是你的好爸爸。
• It accused agencies of "jostling for position" and needless competition for funds.
  它还指责机构团体“争抢位置”、为了资金做不需要的竞争。