| 单词 | to jockey for position |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto jockey for position d. intransitive. To play the jockey, play tricks, act fraudulently; to aim at an advantage by adroit management or artifice. Frequently in to jockey for position, to try to gain an advantageous position (in a race, contest, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)] faitc1330 defraudc1384 to take (the) advantagea1393 false1393 halt1412 haft1519 juggle1528 wily beguile1550 foist1584 lurch1593 fog1621 imposture1624 rook1637 impone1640 cheat1647 chicane1671 humbug1753 fineer1765 gag1781 mountebank1814 jockeya1835 sniggle1837 barney1848 straw1851 honeyfuggle1856 skinch1891 finagle1926 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete or rival [verb (intransitive)] > for advantage jostle1618 to jockey for position1908 a1835 Comic song, ‘The Fox went out’ He cut up the goose with a carving knife, And the little ones jockeyed for the bones, O! 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxiv. 230 An event for which she had been jockeying ever since she set eyes on young Newcome. 1899 Daily News 21 Oct. 3/4 When the preparatory gun was fired..both yachts were jockeying under their mainsails, jibs, and staysails. 1908 Daily Chron. 16 July 8/1 The fastest time was that by J. Matthews..but that counts for little in a cycle race owing to the..jockeying..for position in the final sprint. 1955 Times 27 July 6/7 In Alberta when there was no jury, congestion was caused by lawyers jockeying for position in order to appear before the right judge. 1969 W. H. Auden City without Walls 105 They're jockeying for position round the first bend. < as lemmas |
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