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本文转载自:田间小站
一、外刊例句
- This spending spree explains why optimism still abounds, even as more startupsjostleto 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》
- Thejostlingfor 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》
二、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)
三、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
四、名人用例
How oddly do life and deathjostleeach 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。
五、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
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