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Jostling People Jostle Verb Things 英[ˈdʒɒsl 美[ˈdʒɑsl Vt.推挤,撞;使激动;与…竞争,争夺;贴近;Vi.竞争,争夺;推挤;N.拥挤;推撞

单词 jostle
音标
英[ˈdʒɒsl] 美[ˈdʒɑsl]
解释
vt.推挤,撞;使激动;与…竞争,争夺;贴近;vi.竞争,争夺;推挤;n.拥挤;推撞;
例句

VERB
(在人群中)挤,推,推搡
If people jostle you, 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.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
争抢,争夺(关注、奖赏等)
If people or things are jostling for something such as attention or a reward, they are competing with other people or things in order to get it.
例:...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
例: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。
变形
third:jostles~done:jostled~ing:jostling~past:jostled~

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