hustle

名词 hustle:

1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
   同义词：bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, sting, flimflam
2. a rapid active commotion
   同义词：bustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir

动词 hustle:

1. cause to move furtively and hurriedly
2. move or cause to move energetically or busily
   同义词：bustle, bustle about
3. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
   同义词：pluck, roll

1. It seems that he enjoys the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.
   看起来他似乎很喜欢大城市的热闹繁忙的生活。
2. The mother hustled the children off to school and started working.
   母亲打发孩子们赶快去上学，然后就开始干起活来。
3. We didn't want them, but he hustled us into buying them.
   我们不想要这些东西，但他硬劝我们买下来。

hus.tle

v.（动词）
hus.tled,hus.tling,hus.tles
v.tr.（及物动词）
To jostle or shove roughly.
硬挤，硬推
To convey in a hurried or rough manner:
推挤：匆忙或强硬地运送：
例句：
hustled the prisoner into a van.
把囚犯推进一辆货车

To cause or urge to proceed quickly:
催促：使或催促加快速度：
例句：
hustled the board into a quick decision.
催促董事会迅速作出决定

To gain by energetic effort:
努力地得到：
例句：
hustled a hot lunch.
千方百计地吃上热腾腾的午饭

Slang
【俚语】
To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means:
以不正当的方法赚钱：以可疑或攻击性的手段卖出或得到：
例句：
hustled stolen watches; hustling spare change.
卖掉偷来的手表；得到多余的零钱

To pressure into buying or doing something:
逼迫（某人做某事）：迫使买或做某事：
例句：
a barfly hustling the other customers for drinks.
酒徒迫使别的顾客买饮料

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To jostle and push.
推或挤
To work or move energetically and rapidly:
赶忙，有干劲儿：精力充沛、动作迅速地工作或运动：
例句：
We hustled to get dinner ready on time.
我们忙着把晚餐按时准备好

To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.
积极进取：出格地行动，尤指在生意场上
Slang To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means.
【俚语】 骗取：以欺诈或不正当的手段得到
Slang To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.
【俚语】 拉客，拉皮条：拉客。用于拉皮条的人或妓女
n.（名词）
The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.
推挤：挤或推的动作
Energetic activity; drive.
精力充沛的行动；动力
Slang An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit:
【俚语】 骗钱，骗子：非法或不道德的做生意或赚钱的办法；骗子或诈骗：
例句：
.the most dangerous and wide-open drug hustle of them all.(Newsweek)
.他们中最危险、最擅钻空子的假药贩子.(新闻周刊)

来源：
Dutch husselen [to shake]
荷兰语 husselen [摇晃]
from Middle Dutch hustelen [frequentative of] hutsen
源自 中古荷兰语 hustelen [] hutsen的重复动词

【引伸】
hus.tler
n.（名词）