If you say that someone is jockeying for something, you mean that they are using whatever methods they can in order to get it or do it before their competitors can get it or do it.
例句
The rival political parties are already jockeying for power...相互競爭的政黨已經在耍各種手段爭權奪勢了。Already, both sides are jockeying to belittle the other side.雙方已經在使出渾身解數貶低對方了。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
賽馬騎師
Alexander is a famous jockey.亞歷山大是著名的職業賽馬騎師。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. someone employed to ride horses in horse races
2. an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus;
"he's a truck jockey""a computer jockey""a disc jockey"
Verb
1. defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit