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

• Although favourite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced.
  尽管那位第一流的职业骑手最有希望赢得比赛的胜利，但他身体感到不舒服，结果未得名次。
• 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？
• Now it seems that he has carried off the prize awarded by the Jockey Club.
  现在似乎又是他夺去了骑士俱乐部所赠的锦标！
• The jockey ran the horse up and down the track.
  骑师骑着马在跑道上来回奔跑。
• Ride a race-horse as a professional jockey.
  作为职业赛马骑师骑马。
• Another popular spectator sport, which is kings, is horse-racing, which is controlled by the Jockey Club.
  另一种以特大型运动著称的流行观赏运动是赛马，这种比赛由赛马总会控制。
• 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。
• The jockey whipped the racehorse on to victory.
  职业赛马骑师鞭打着赛马，奔向胜利。
• 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。