IELTS SAT TEM8
外刊例句
- This spending spree explains why optimism still abounds, even as more startups jostle to carve out a niche.
这一收购热潮解释了为什么你推我搡、争相闯出一片天地的创业公司越来越多,乐观情绪却依然盛行。
——《经济学人》 - The jostling for position starts in kindergarten, with some rich parents spending thousands of dollars a month on private tutoring to help their children secure spots in elite prep schools and top universities.
在好大学占个位置的竞争是从幼儿园开始的,一些富裕的家长为了帮助子女进入精英预科学校和顶尖大学,每月花费数千美元请家教。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd
[动词] (尤指在人群中)粗暴地推、肘挤或撞(某人)
深入解读
Jostle 源自英语单词 joust (竞争、角逐;中世纪骑士马上长矛比武),由 joust + le (反复)构成,现主要表示“(在人群中)挤、推、撞、搡”,以便穿过人群或获得更大空间,比如:
- 足球迷们挤挤插插进了体育场。
The football fans jostled into the stadium.
在人群中挤挤插插费了老大劲,无非是想抢个好位置。由此引申而来,常用 jostle for sth 表达与人“争夺、争抢(某物)”,强调竞争十分激烈,比如:
- 有大量各种题材的报道争着上今天报纸的头版。
There is a wide spread of stories jostling for coverage on today's front pages.
从人挤人这个摩肩接踵的场面出发, jostle 还可以引申表达“与……贴近、紧贴”,比如:
- 渔船互相紧靠着停泊在河边。
Fishing vessels lay jostling each other at the riverside.
另外, jostle 还可以用来表达对人的内心所进行的“挤、推、撞、搡”,即“搅扰、使不安定”或“煽动”,比如:
- 被搅得七上八下的心情
a mind jostled into turmoil - 煽动他挥霍他父母的财产
jostle him into squandering his parents' wealth
名人用例
How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!
在我们这个奇特的世界里,生与死之间的纠葛是多么古怪!笑与泪之间的联系是多么紧密!
出自英国威尔士黑人女歌手雪莉·贝西(Shirley Bassey,1937年1月8日-)。1959年,她凭 As I Love You 成为首位拥有英国冠军单曲的威尔士歌手。2000年,她获英女王伊丽莎伯二世颁发大英帝国勋章(DBE),成为女爵士。
同近义词
- jolt: push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly
- hustle: force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction
- thrust: push (something or someone) suddenly or violently in the specified direction