词组 | jockey |
释义 | jockey [jockeyed, jockeyed, jockeying] jockey for jockey for position/advantage/power to compete with other people to try to get into the best position or situation so that you have an advantage: ▪ Photographers jockeyed for position outside the courtroom. ▪ As the president's health declined, potential rivals began jockeying for power. ■ SIMILAR TO: compete jockey into jockey sth into sth AmE to move something large, especially a vehicle, into a particular place or position: ▪ In January 1999, controllers at APL jockeyed the spacecraft into a 62-mile-high orbit. ■ SIMILAR TO: manoeuvre BrE, maneuver AmE |
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