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

• When a dozen customers are jostling at the till trying to buy the same packet of cornflakes it probably means the price is too low.
  如果有十几个客户在收银台前抢着购买同一包玉米片，这可能意味着价格太低了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The development highlights not only the rapid internationalisation of the renminbi but how financial centres in Europe and Asia are jostling for a slice of the business.
  这一发展不仅凸显出人民币的迅速国际化，还凸显出欧洲和亚洲的金融中心是如何在争先恐后地从离岸人民币业务中分一杯羹。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was a jostling crowd of on-lookers.
  看热闹的人挨肩擦膀。
• All those men were jostling with each other on the running track, as if the result was so important.
  瞧那些人在跑道上你冲我撞的，似乎比赛的结果真的就是那样重要。
• All the runners are jostling for first place.
  所有的赛跑者在为冠军而你挤我撞。