jockeying
present participle ofjockey
| 单词 | jockeying |
| 释义 | jockeying present participle ofjockey jockey verb[I] uk/ˈdʒɒk.i/us/ˈdʒɑː.ki/toattemptto getpoweror get into abetterpositionthan otherpeopleusing anymethodsyou can: Since thedeathof thepresident,oppositionpartiesand thearmyhave been jockeyingforpower. As thesingercame onstage, thephotographersjockeyedforpositionat thefrontof thehall. Competing and contending (non-sporting)
Phrasal verbjockeysomeoneintosomething Examplesofjockeyingjockeying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A familiar notion, again, is that a national political system can be stimulated by the permanentjockeyingfor position among party elites. From theCambridge English Corpus On the arrival of new guests, a generaljockeyingand rearrangement of seating took place in accordance with age precedence. From theCambridge English Corpus Not surprisingly ci-devant noble families startedjockeyingfor positions in exactly the way that they had before 1789, by emphasizing their tradition of service. From theCambridge English Corpus Equilibrium strategies and the value of information in a two line queuing system with thresholdjockeying. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, when a leadership remains unchanged for many years, disagreements among the individual leaders become ajockeyingfor position rather than a real political confrontation. From theCambridge English Corpus Political decision makers themselves take thisjockeyinginto account, and design their policies accordingly. From theCambridge English Corpus But other labor organizations were alsojockeyingfor this position. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, the opening declaration was indicative of the kind of politicaljockeyingfor position that was to take place at the conference. From theCambridge English Corpus There will always bejockeyingfor advantage among competitive broadcasters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that there will be a lot ofjockeyingand discussions before there is again a ban on tests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The horse-trading for office would mean that implementing crucial manifesto commitments would take second place tojockeyingfor positions of power and influence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a lot ofjockeyingfor position on the question of abolition of tests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The samejockeyingfor position that has gone on for the last half century is going on there to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They fear that such a step would mean morejockeyingfor position and a further moving about of personnel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In shire county halls, all three parties arejockeyingfor position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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