英语词汇“to jump the queue”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to jump the gun: see gun n. 6f; to jump the queue: to go unfairly to or near the front of a queue of people; to push forward out of one's turn; also figurative, to gain an unfair advantage or preferential treatment.

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society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > seem wrong [verb (intransitive)] > act unfairly > gain unfair advantage

to jump the queue1947

1947 Hansard Commons 9 Dec. 951 There is no local authority who can clear these camps by allowing the people in them to jump the queues.

1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman viii. 82 He distrusted the quality of imagination; it was a rogue quality that jumped the queue.

1955 Times 27 June 8/2 The Port of London Authority gave permission for the ship to ‘jump the queue’ of other vessels waiting in the river for berths.

1958 H. M. Hayward & M. Harari tr. B. Pasternak Dr. Zhivago ii. ix. 273 There was always a queue in the street... Of course I didn't try to jump the queue, I didn't say I was his wife.

1958 P. Townsend in N. Mackenzie Conviction 118 Choosing whether to dodge some taxes..or jump the queue at the hospital.

1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer v. 49 One of the women makes a gesture, indicating that you should jump the queue.

单词	to jump the queue
释义	> as lemmas to jump the queue c. to jump the gun: see gun n. 6f; to jump the queue: to go unfairly to or near the front of a queue of people; to push forward out of one's turn; also figurative, to gain an unfair advantage or preferential treatment. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > seem wrong [verb (intransitive)] > act unfairly > gain unfair advantage to jump the queue1947 1947 Hansard Commons 9 Dec. 951 There is no local authority who can clear these camps by allowing the people in them to jump the queues. 1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman viii. 82 He distrusted the quality of imagination; it was a rogue quality that jumped the queue. 1955 Times 27 June 8/2 The Port of London Authority gave permission for the ship to ‘jump the queue’ of other vessels waiting in the river for berths. 1958 H. M. Hayward & M. Harari tr. B. Pasternak Dr. Zhivago ii. ix. 273 There was always a queue in the street... Of course I didn't try to jump the queue, I didn't say I was his wife. 1958 P. Townsend in N. Mackenzie Conviction 118 Choosing whether to dodge some taxes..or jump the queue at the hospital. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer v. 49 One of the women makes a gesture, indicating that you should jump the queue. extracted from jumpv. < as lemmas
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