queue-jumper
noun [ C ] UK (also queue jumper) uk/ˈkjuːˌdʒʌm.pər/ us/ˈkjuːˌdʒʌm.pɚ/
插队者
someone who unfairly goes to the front of a queue
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.
- More examples
- 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.