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

• Hundreds of pedestrians jostle each other on the streets, camels carry merchandise in from the Silk Road, and teahouses and restaurants do a thriving business.
  大街上的成百上千的行人摩肩接踵，驼队从丝绸之路带来各种货物，茶馆旅店生意兴隆。
• Is television the only medium in which vastly dissimilar messages jostle against one another?
  电视是唯一一个迥异信息相互冲突的媒介吗？
• As boats jostle for space on the lake, fishermen are getting desperately worried about their livelihoods.
  由于船要争夺湖上的位置，一些渔民极其担心他们的生计问题。
• 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。
• A few minutes later, all the students jostle for space around the microscope table set up near the stream and call out over one another: A leech!
  所有的学生都挤在小溪边的显微镜桌子旁边，与别的研究小组相互交流：一条水蛭！
• What follows will be an exercise in posturing and brinkmanship by mobile operators and Internet companies as they jostle for advantage.
  随着移动运营商和互联网企业纷纷出手争夺利益，它们接下来将上演一场故作姿态与边缘政策的行动。
• 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。
• THE fruits come in crowds into my orchard, they jostle each other.
  我的果园中，果实累累，挤满枝头；
• 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。
• We managed to jostle our way to the front.
  我们设法挤到了前面。