jostle

１．今日の単語は jostle です。文脈があれば想像しやすい単語かもしれません。では、例文を見てみましょう。

Chinese investors jostle over Argentine lithium mines – Gold producer Zijin and battery maker CATL join race for key EV material. TOKYO — Chinese companies have splurged over $1 billion on rights over three lithium mines in Argentina in as many weeks as a race to secure supplies of the “white gold” critical to most production of electric car batteries revs up. Argentina, which has lagged Chile and Australia in lithium output, has been reforming laws, reducing taxes and improving infrastructure with an eye toward boosting export revenues. (from Nikkei Asia)

電気自動車バッテリーの生産に必須なリチウムをめぐって各国必死です。

Retailers jostle over cut-price space as Brooklyn market looks for solid ground – The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the City’s leading real estate trade association, today released its Summer 2021 Brooklyn Retail Report which highlights steady leasing in the Brooklyn retail market as tenants capitalize on market opportunities in select trade areas. (from Real Estate Weekly)

ニューヨークの不動産価格、特に小売店、レストラン、の賃貸価格の最新情報ですね。

Photographers jostled and shoved to get a better view of the royal couple.

ロイヤルカップル、その周りに集まるカメラマン。イメージしやすいですね。

As we came into the arena, we were jostled by fans pushing their way towards the stage.

アリーナに入った途端、ステージに近づこうとするファンにもみくちゃにされました。

We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping.

人混みでのショッピング。今や懐かしくもあります。

２．では、英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認しておきましょう。

to knock or push roughly against someone in order to move past them or get more space when you are in a crowd of people

to push against someone in order to move past that person or get more space when you are in a crowd of people

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.

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.

〔人などに〕ぶつかる、押しやる

〔人が肘などで道を〕押しのけて進む

〔お互いに〕押し合いへし合いする

〔人と〕競う、張り合う

今日の単語は

jostle 押し合いへし合い、競い合う

でした

4か月前の単語は hearten 元気づけられる

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