jostle

英 ['d??s(?)l] 美['d?ɑsl]

TEM8低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?jostles;過(guò)去式:?jostled;過(guò)去分詞:?jostled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?jostling;

1. join, juxtapose => joust => jostle.
2. frequentative form of joust.
3. juxt- / juxta- => joust.
4. 諧音“擠哦嗦”。

jostle 推擠，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，爭(zhēng)奪

來(lái)自joust,推擠，打斗，-le,表反復(fù)。引申詞義競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，爭(zhēng)奪。拼寫(xiě)比較claim,clamor.

jostle: jostle: see joust
jostle (v.): 1540s, justle, "to knock against," formed from jousten (see joust) + frequentative suffix -tle. The usual spelling 17c.-18c. was justle. An earlier meaning of the word was "to have sex with" (c. 1400). Meaning "to contend for the best position or place" is from 1610s. Related: Jostled; jostling. As a noun from c. 1600.

1. Big transcontinental enterprises jostle with one another for world markets.: 巨大的跨國(guó)公司[企業(yè)]互相爭(zhēng)奪國(guó)際市場(chǎng).

2. An assassin grimly carries his mission through the jostle of a carnival.: 一個(gè)行刺的人趁著狂歡節(jié)的熙熙攘攘,冷酷無(wú)情地去執(zhí)行任務(wù).

3. At the solar surface, convective motions of heated gases jostle the magnetic field line.: 在太陽(yáng)表面, 熾熱氣體的對(duì)流運(yùn)動(dòng)把這根磁力線沖來(lái)撞去.

4. European leaders jostle to be snapped standing next to him.: 歐洲領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人爭(zhēng)著與他拍照.

5. Pricing is set to get more competitive as banks jostle for business.: 多家銀行競(jìng)爭(zhēng)該業(yè)務(wù),勢(shì)必使定價(jià)趨于市場(chǎng)化.