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单词 queue-jump
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queue-jump

verb [no object] British
1Push into a queue in order to be served or dealt with before one’s turn.The body-language and exasperated laughter of tourists made it clear that they really believed I had queue-jumped....
  • Ubiquitous in America, these are not so readily available in the UK, but Tussauds parks - Chessington, Thorpe Park and Alton Towers - offer the opportunity to queue-jump for a premium.
  • The single best piece of advice for the park is to book Day Planner tickets in advance: you'll be whisked straight through the gates and receive allocated times to queue-jump on the five busiest rides.
1.1Take unfair precedence over others: (as noun queue-jumping) the initiative has facilitated queue-jumping, with private patients transferred to NHS hospitals...
  • Private clinics providing thinly veiled opportunities for queue-jumping have expanded.
  • Duemler's lawyer will argue that, with a private hospital, such groups get to queue-jump those in the public system, creating a two-tier healthcare system.
  • But not only can we not sell our shares, there are no dividends - not even perks such as queue-jumping or private rooms.

Derivatives

queue-jumper

/ˈkjuːˌdʒʌmpə / noun ...
  • I'm intolerant of queue-jumpers and bad manners generally.
  • Meanwhile, the agency has revealed that it intends taking action to stop queue-jumpers disrupting the flow of A64 traffic.
  • Two wardens will cover each rank to combat the problems of queue-jumpers, thugs and troublemakers.
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