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queue-jumper
noun[ C ]
UK(alsoqueue jumper)uk /ˈkjuːˌdʒʌm.pər/ us /ˈkjuːˌdʒʌm.pɚ/
someone who unfairly goes to the front of a queue: 插队者
Security staff had to step in when queue-jumpers tried to push ahead of those who had arrived hours earlier.
Queue-jumpers who pay to have their operation done earlier do not necessarily get better treatment.花钱早点动手术的插队者不一定能得到更好的待遇。
Refugees are met with suspicion and interrogation, are derided as freeloaders and queue jumpers.
I'm intolerant of queue-jumpers and bad manners generally.
Innocently joining the end of one line, I was accused of being a queue-jumper and told to move to the next one.
I don't complain or get upset at queue jumpers - I let the crowd take care of them.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inconsiderate
cavalier
cavalierly
clumsily
clumsiness
cowboy
inconsiderateness
indiscreet
indiscreetly
indiscretion
indiscriminate
irresponsibly
tactless
tactlessly
tactlessness
thoughtless
ungallant
ungallantly
untactful
unthinkingly
wanton
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