jockeying

英 [ˈdʒɒkiɪŋ]

美 [ˈdʒɑːkiɪŋ]

v.  耍各种手腕获取; 运用手段谋取
jockey的现在分词

现在分词：jockeying　复数：jockeyings　

COCA.30993

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。

双语例句

• Advisers spend their time covering up their boss's frailties and jockeying for influence.
  各类顾问们整日忙着掩盖他们老板的病情，而且还不择手段地为自身谋求影响力。
• Officials said the divisions were serious, but it was unclear whether they were simply last-minute jockeying.
  官员们表示，分歧是严重的，但不清楚上述分歧是否仅是在最后关头的谈判造势。
• But the political jockeying has already begun for a handful of Republicans seriously considering a White House bid in2012.
  但是对于少数认真考虑竞逐2012年白宫大位的共和党人来说，政治博弈已经开始。
• The men on the horses were jockeying about to get into a proper line.
  骑手们正在调整位置，以排成适当的行列。
• Yet its very scale means those jockeying to be captain of the ship can afford to spend their entire time backstabbing, stealing credit from rivals and waging turf wars.
  但它的规模也意味着，那些不择手段想要当上“船长”的人，可以把所有的时间都花在耍阴谋、抢功劳和争地盘上。
• In light of the right-wing bloc's majority, Likud appears to face a brighter cabinet-making picture in the expectable intense political jockeying that is already underway.
  考虑到右翼集团在国会中占据的多数席位，利库德党在已经如火如荼进行中的政治斗争中好像将面临更加光明的内阁重组前景。
• Now that he is gone, there will inevitably be some jockeying to succeed him.
  既然他已死，“基地”组织中便会不可避免地发生接班人选的竞争。
• It's amusing to see all the middle managers jockeying for position to try to get the vacant general manager's job.
  看这些部门经理们正使出浑身解数以谋求那个空缺的总经理职位，真使人好笑。
• 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。
• Several candidates are already jockeying for position.
  好几个候选人已经在抢占最有利的地位了。