jostle

1. V-T/V-I If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you. 推搡; 推擠

You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture. 你令2000人互相推搡并撞倒家具。

We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping. 我們花了一個(gè)小時(shí)在人群中擠來擠去買東西。

2. V-I If people or things are jostling for something such as attention or a reward, they are competing with other people or things in order to get it. 爭奪

...the contenders who have been jostling for the top job. …一直在爭奪最高職位的競爭者們。