释义 |
jump oninformal 1Attack or take hold of (someone) suddenly: two men jumped on him from behind...- Now I keep looking around expecting someone to jump on me and attack me.
- Then one of them jumped on us and we fell against the police car.
- She is jumped on and beaten by a man who steals her fur coat.
1.1Criticize (someone) suddenly and severely: we had sergeants and inspectors jumping on us for the least little thing...- Now before you all go jumping on me for being intolerant, I'll tell you all a few things about being intolerant.
- Be it politics or religion or sports or even raising my own damned kids, there is always someone eager to jump on me for the things I say.
1.2Seize on (something) eagerly; give sudden (typically critical) attention to: the paper jumped on the inconsistencies of his stories...- I don't really blame his critics for jumping on this - I'd probably do the same in their shoes - but the evidence of outright falsehoods is fairly limited.
- And why were the media so quick to jump on the story, pillory it, and then refuse to acknowledge their own participation in producing and promoting the hoax?
- I also remember how many times Roone was jumped on by the critics when one of his many news or sports experiments tanked.
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