scrambles

英 [ˈskræmblz]

美 [ˈskræmblz]

v.  (迅速而吃力地)爬，攀登; 争抢; 抢占; 争夺; 艰难地(或仓促地)完成
n.  (尤指需要手脚并用的)艰难行走，爬，攀登; 争抢; 抢占; 争夺; 摩托车越野赛
scramble的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (迅速地)爬,攀登
  If youscrambleover rocks or up a hill, you move quickly over them or up it using your hands to help you.
  1. Tourists were scrambling over the rocks looking for the perfect camera angle...
     游客们在正爬上岩石寻找最佳的拍摄角度。
  2. He scrambled up a steep bank.
     他攀上了一个陡峭的河堤。
• VERB 仓促行动;慌忙前往
  If youscrambleto a different place or position, you move there in a hurried, awkward way.
  1. Ann threw back the covers and scrambled out of bed...
     安掀开被子，急忙下了床。
  2. He scrambled to his feet.
     他赶忙站起身来。
• VERB 争夺;抢夺
  If a number of peoplescramble forsomething, they compete energetically with each other for it.
  1. More than three million fans are expected to scramble for tickets...
     预计会有超过 300 万的球迷抢购门票。
  2. Business is booming and foreigners are scrambling to invest.
     商业繁荣，外国人争相投资。
  3. Scrambleis also a noun.
     
  4. ...the scramble for jobs.
     对工作机会的争夺
  5. ...a scramble to get a seat on the early morning flight.
     争订凌晨班机的座位
• VERB 炒(蛋)
  If youscrambleeggs, you break them, mix them together and then heat and stir the mixture in a pan.
  1. Make the toast and scramble the eggs.
     把面包烤一下并炒些鸡蛋。
• VERB 倒换(无线电或电话信号)的频率(使只有持特殊仪器的人才能接收)
  If a devicescramblesa radio or telephone message, it interferes with the sound so that the message can only be understood by someone with special equipment.
  1. The latest machines scramble the messages so that the conversation cannot easily be intercepted.
     最新的机器对信号作扰频处理，通话就不易被侦听了。

双语例句

• There is a risk that its worth is being eroded as the institute scrambles to find an eye-catching recipient every year.
  当委员会每年只是找个夺人眼球的获奖者，是很危险的，以至减低和平奖的价值。
• Usually, a vice-presidential candidate scrambles to fall into line with the top of the ticket.
  通常来说，副总统候选人要努力配合总统候选人的主张。
• Hardly a day passes without him getting scratched or bruised as he scrambles for a place on a bus.
  为了挤公交，他几乎没有一天能完好无损，身上不是擦伤就是抓伤。
• Officials have mandated coal-fired plants to shut down to meet the goals, hence boosting demand for diesel, power generators and even candles as the country scrambles for extra power.
  政府官员已下令关闭燃煤发电厂。随着全国各行各业纷纷争夺额外的电力，对柴油、发电机、甚至蜡烛的需求都在不断增长。
• As Southeast Asia scrambles to cope with China's assertiveness in maritime disputes, Japanese leaders are offering themselves to the region as a strategic counterweight to Beijing.
  在东南亚国家忙着应对中国在海上争端中的强硬姿态之际，日本领导人正在以北京战略制衡者的身份向该地区提供帮助。
• While much of the country scrambles to catch up with safety standards, a little-known county in China's eastern Zhejiang province appears set to take the lead in school bus safety.
  在地区都在忙着赶上安全标准的时候，中国东部浙江省鲜为人知的小镇似乎开始在校车安全上起了带头作用。
• Something scrambles the Dna inside a nucleus, and suddenly, instead of dividing in a measured fashion, a cell begins to copy itself furiously.
  细胞核内的DNA被某种物质打乱，细胞突然不再有规则地分裂，而开始大量复制自身。
• The conversation sounds like a police interrogation with you asking too many questions and your partner scrambles to answer all of them.
  如果你问的问题太多，而和你聊天的人仓促作答，这种聊天听上去就好像警察在审问。
• NASA scrambles to see if materials dangling from Discovery's belly may endanger the spaceshuttle during re-entry.
  美国宇航局正忙于检查在发现号腹部摇晃不定的物体是否会在返航期间危及该太空船。
• The algorithm chooses an gray image with intuitive visual property as the original watermark, and scrambles it before embedded in order to enhance the safety and concealment.
  该算法选择视觉直观的灰度图像作为原始水印，并在嵌入之前进行置乱处理，以提高安全性和隐蔽性。