The men jockey for a coveted recliner and settle in.

大家争抢着都想要那个诱人的躺椅，之后逐渐安顿下来。

Some jockey for kudos while other (often more deserving) candidates are left behind.

有些人角逐到了名誉，而另一些（往往更值得的）候选人则败下阵来。

Some may even be jockeying for position, sensing his decade in office may be entering its closing stages.

有些察觉到他的执政生涯或许将进入最后阶段的人甚至正在争夺他的职位。

Firms adopt different strategies as they jockey for position.

【position】公司在争夺职位时采取不同的策略。

The snorting horses and their nervous riders line up, jockeying for the best spot.

喷鼻息的马和紧张的骑手排成一排，争夺最佳位置。

After the war, rival politicians began to jockey for power.

【jockey】战后，敌对的政客们开始激烈地争权。

IN THE MIDDLE AGES, EMPERORS, POPES, AND THESE LITTLE PRINCES WERE JOCKEYING FOR POWER AROUND EUROPE.

在中世纪，皇帝、教皇和这些小王子在欧洲各地争夺权力。

That being said, like I was saying, not something a lot of people are like, jockeying for, necessarily.

话虽这么说，就像我说的那样，并不是很多人都喜欢，一定会争先恐后。

So everybody wanted to speak first, and they were jockeying for position, and he was — he said, " I'll speak last."

所以每个人都想先发言，他们都在争取自己的位置，而他——他说，“我最后发言。”

With government contractors and private companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and the Airbus, One Web Partnership, jockeying for real estate and launch access.

有政府承包商和私人公司，如SpaceX、蓝色起源和空中客车，One Web Partnership，争夺房地产和发射通道。

Polluting countries are preparing each other to cut their emissions while jockeying for advantage and wrestling with the impacts on their own economies.

污染国家相约准备减排的同时，也在为获得利益而用尽手段，并努力应对其对本国经济的影响。

Some had feared a " running of the bulls" situation, with opera lovers jockeying for prime seats that ordinarily cost as much as $350 apiece.

一些人曾担心会出现“公牛狂奔”的情况，歌剧爱好者会争先恐后地抢占黄金座位，这些座位的门票平时高达350美元一张。

And, of course, Cold War games were being played as the U.S. and the Soviet Union jockeyed for an influence in the Congo while the interests of native citizens were barely considered at all.

当然，冷战游戏正在进行，美国和苏联在刚果争夺影响力，而几乎没有考虑当地公民的利益。