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

• But they have struggled to reach agreements on natural-gas exports and are among the players jockeying for power in the resource-rich Central Asia region.
  但在天然气出口问题上，中俄却迟迟不能达成协议。两国还都寻求在资源丰富的中亚地区扩大影响力。
• But the dithering and electoral jockeying is not going down well with the business community.
  但紧张犹豫和选举的花招并不被商界所接受。
• 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。
• 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。
• Unfortunately, for all their rising economic might, this episode is proving to be an object lesson for them on the realities of global political jockeying.
  不幸的是，尽管它们的经济实力在不断上升，事实证明这段插曲将给新兴国家上一堂有关全球政治博弈现实的实物教学课。
• 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。
• More than ten politicians are now jockeying for the leadership of the Party.
  十多位政客现在正在为谋取党的领导职位而施展纵横捭阖的手段。
• The economic potential and geopolitical importance of the South China Sea region has resulted in jockeying between the surrounding nations to claim this sea and its resources for themselves.
  南海在带动经济增长上的潜力和地理位置的重要性上的意义将触动周边国家争取对该海域及资源的拥有权。
• The city remains one of a number of financial centres jockeying for a share of the renminbi market.
  伦敦金融城仍只是竞相争夺人民币市场份额的多个金融中心之一。
• It's amusing to watch members jockeying for the prime minister's attention prior to cabinet reshuffle.
  看到政府官员在内阁改组之前耍弄花招以讨得首相欢心是很有趣的。