jockey

英 [ˈdʒɒki]

美 [ˈdʒɑːki]

n.  (尤指职业的)赛马骑师
v.  耍各种手腕获取; 运用手段谋取

复数：jockeys　现在分词：jockeying　过去式：jockeyed　第三人称单数：jockeys　过去分词：jockeyed　

GRE

Collins.2 / BNC.5884 / COCA.9512

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指职业的）赛马骑师
  a person who rides horses in races, especially as a job

verb

• 耍各种手腕获取；运用手段谋取
  to try all possible ways of gaining an advantage over other people
  1. The runners jockeyed for position at the start.
     赛跑选手力求抢占起跑有利位置。
  2. The bands are constantly jockeying with each other for the number one spot.
     这些乐队经常相互耍手段以谋取榜首位置。

柯林斯词典

• 赛马骑师
  Ajockeyis someone who rides a horse in a race.
• VERB 耍各种手腕获取；用尽手段谋取
  If you say that someoneis jockeying forsomething, you mean that they are using whatever methods they can in order to get it or do it before their competitors can get it or do it.
  1. The rival political parties are already jockeying for power...
     相互竞争的政党已经在耍各种手段争权夺势了。
  2. Already, both sides are jockeying to belittle the other side.
     双方已经在使出浑身解数贬低对方了。

英英释义

noun

• someone employed to ride horses in horse races
• an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus
  1. he's a truck jockey
  2. a computer jockey
  3. a disc jockey

verb

• ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
• defeat someone through trickery or deceit
  Synonym:cheatchouseshaftscrewchicane
• compete (for an advantage or a position)

双语例句

• I can always get another box jockey.
  我总能再找到一个撬箱子的。
• His horse, Always a Party, was bumped early in the race and jockey Channing Hill went flying.
  他的马“永远的盛宴”在比赛刚开始时就被撞到了，骑师钱宁•希尔（ChanningHill）从马上摔了下来。
• The jockey urged his horse to run faster.
  骑师催促他的马让它跑地更快。
• The rival political parties are already jockeying for power
  相互竞争的政党已经在耍各种手段争权夺势了。
• Although favourite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced.
  尽管那位第一流的职业骑手最有希望赢得比赛的胜利，但他身体感到不舒服，结果未得名次。
• The champion jockey had an easy ride in the derby.
  得冠军的那位骑师在德比年度大赛上跑得很轻松。
• Do you think you can jockey them into accepting our offer?
  你觉得能说服他们接受我们的提议吗？
• A jockey is someone who rides, while the point about a stair-walker is that they do not.
  骑师是骑着马的，而对于爬楼梯的人来说，问题就在于他们可没有骑马。
• I am a sports writer and a sports microphone jockey.
  我是一名体育新闻作者和一名体体育节目主持人。
• Now it seems that he has carried off the prize awarded by the Jockey Club.
  现在似乎又是他夺去了骑士俱乐部所赠的锦标！