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

• All have been barred from Jockey Club premises.
  他们都被禁止进入马会所有范围。
• 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？
• He jumped into a cab and told the jockey to go to the Union Station.
  他跳进一辆出租车，要司机开到联邦车站去。
• We tend to be more about the jockey than the horse.
  我们倾向于去做骑师而不是马。
• The jockey was shaken up when he was thrown twice from his horse yesterday
  昨天赛马骑师两次从马背上被摔下来，受惊了。
• 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。
• Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Chinese medicine limited.
  香港赛马会中药研究院有限公司。
• There was once a jockey who worked with me.
  过去曾经有个跟我一起合作的骑师。
• In1999, Mr Yip satisfactorily completed the Certificate in Racehorse Management offered by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
  一九九九年，叶楚航完成了由香港赛马会提供的竞赛马匹管理证书课程，成绩优良。
• 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。