jostle for

基本解释

Israeli journalists jostle for hitherto rare interviews with Mr Zahar.
到目前为止有许多以色列记者竞相争夺为数甚少的对扎哈尔的采访机会。
Squabbles may even break outbetween different lenders as they see the company heading for possiblebankruptcy and jostle for a better place in the queue of creditors.
如果借款者认为公司很有可能会倒闭的话，众多的借款人之间也会发生争吵，甚至在公司债权人的排序中争取更靠前的位置。
Instead, big countries jostle for a share of influence, knowing they cannot monopolise the scene;
相反，大国知道它们不可能垄断该地区，因而争抢着分享影响力；

I study speech, I study speeches, and if I do so, and if I keep thinking about it in a variety of ways, all sorts of frameworks jostle for attention.
我就必定要研究话语，如果我想要从尽可能多的角度研究它，那么各式各样的的语言结构令我眼花缭乱。
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