jockey

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Related topics: Horses

jock·ey1 /ˈdʒɒki $ ˈdʒɑːki/ noun [countableC]

DSHsomeone who rides horses in races 赛马骑师 →4 See picture of 见图 jockey

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jockey• A jockey may ride as many as 12 or 14 races a day.• He was champion jockey in 1872 with eighty-seven winners.• In 1995, the stock market smashed more records than a disgruntled disk jockey.• Not many other jockeys are so lucky.• One of the jockeys told me you lived along Boat Quay, so we asked around.• Then why did he put her up at Ascot rather than one of the top jockeys?

jockey2 verb [intransitiveI]

MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto compete strongly to get into the best position or situation, or to get the most power 〔为获得最佳位置、最有利形势或最大权力而〕激烈竞争

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photographers jockeying for position at the bar

在酒吧中争夺最佳位置的摄影师们

After the war, rival politicians began to jockey for power.

战后，敌对的政客们开始激烈地争权。

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jockey• Competition, time-serving, jockeying for advantage, and avoiding blame were the new guiding principles.• Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms.• In Congress, the same jockeying for political capital, of which Johnson and Romney were accused, was evident.• They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.• The partisan jockeying illustrates the difficulties inherent in investigations into campaign fund raising.• Camera operators jockey the cameras around as instructed by the director.• Members of important congressional committees are jockeying to see him.

jockeying for position• Your close relationships inevitably involve one long process of jockeying for position.• With us all jockeying for position in the status stakes, we can't afford for this to happen.• Two airlines are jockeying for position in the trans-Atlantic market.• They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.• Even before the formal resignation announcements, the jockeying for position within the Shadow Cabinet was well under way last night.

Origin jockey1

(1500-1600) Jockey, Scottish male name, from John

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