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

• The jockey urged his horse to run faster.
  骑师催促他的马让它跑地更快。
• What if your dad finds out you took the Jockey exam?
  如果你爸爸发现你考了骑师考试怎么办？
• 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。
• The jockey rushed back from America to ride at Nottingham on Monday but went unrewarded.
  那位职业赛马骑师周一从美国赶回诺丁汉参加比赛，但是一无所获。
• 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？
• The jockey whipped the racehorse on to victory.
  职业赛马骑师鞭打着赛马，奔向胜利。
• All have been barred from Jockey Club premises.
  他们都被禁止进入马会所有范围。
• We tend to be more about the jockey than the horse.
  我们倾向于去做骑师而不是马。
• There was once a jockey who worked with me.
  过去曾经有个跟我一起合作的骑师。
• 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。