hustle

• vt. 催促；猛推；強奪
• vi. 趕緊；硬擠過去；拚命掙錢
• n. 推；奔忙；擁擠喧嚷

來自荷蘭語hutselen,搖動，攪拌，扔，後受英語拚寫習慣影響字母t,s置換，詞幹hot-,hut-在日耳曼語係中義為搖動。進入英語後引申詞義前後搖擺，擺來擺去，引申詞義猛推，猛擠，強迫，騙子騙錢等。受美國電影的影響，開始出現褒義化，如俠盜，神偷等，參照電影《美國騙局》。

hustle (v.)

1680s, "to shake to and fro" (especially of money in a cap, as part of a game called hustle-cap), metathesized from Dutch hutselen, husseln "to shake, to toss," frequentative of hutsen, variant of hotsen "to shake." "The stems hot-, hut- appear in a number of formations in both High and Low German dialects, all implying a shaking movement" [OED]. Related: Hustled; hustling. Meaning "push roughly, shove" first recorded 1751. That of "hurry, move quickly" is from 1812.

The key-note and countersign of life in these cities [of the U.S. West] is the word "hustle." We have caught it in the East. but we use it humorously, just as we once used the Southern word "skedaddle," but out West the word hustle is not only a serious term, it is the most serious in the language. [Julian Ralph, "Our Great West," N.Y., 1893]

Sense of "to get in a quick, illegal manner" is 1840 in American English; that of "to sell goods aggressively" is 1887.

hustle (n.)

"pushing activity; activity in the interest of success," 1891, American English, from hustle (v.); earlier it meant "a shaking together" (1715). Sense of "illegal business activity" is by 1963, American English. As a name of a popular dance, by 1975.

1. We're expected to hustle and fight for what we want.

我們應該為得到自己想要的而不擇手段，奮力爭取。

來自柯林斯例句

2. You'll have to hustle if you're to get home for supper.

你想趕回家吃晚飯的話，就得加快速度。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.

珍妮被城市生活的忙亂弄得筋疲力盡.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She waited until they were beyond the hustle of the Washington Saturday night traffic.

她一直等到他們遠離了華盛頓周六晚上的車水馬龍。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Shell Cottage provides the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of London.

謝爾農舍為想要躲避倫敦的忙碌喧囂的人們提供了一個絕佳的休閑之所。

來自柯林斯例句