rat race

英 [ræt reɪs]

美 [ræt reɪs]

n.  (大城市里为财富、权力等的)疯狂竞争，你死我活的竞争

电力

牛津词典

noun

• （大城市里为财富、权力等的）疯狂竞争，你死我活的竞争
  the way of life of people living and working in a large city where people compete in an aggressive way with each other in order to be more successful, earn more money, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （职场上）激烈的竞争，你死我活的竞争
  If you talk about getting out ofthe rat race, you mean leaving a job or way of life in which people compete aggressively with each other to be successful.
  1. I had to get out of the rat race and take a look at the real world again.
     我得从疯狂的竞争中解脱出来，重新审视真实的世界。

英英释义

noun

• an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation

双语例句

• It's a stinking rat race.
  都是讨厌卑鄙的竞争。
• He decided to get out of the rat race, and went to work on a farm.
  他决定退出竞争，到一家农场去工作。
• Confidence is a key to win the rat race in every walk of life.
  自信是生存的关键，也是在各行各业领先取胜的关键。
• They longed to escape from the rat race and move to the countryside.
  他们渴望能够摆脱无情的竞争，搬到乡下去。
• Tina: Well, I'm just not interested in the rat race.
  蒂娜：唉，我就是不喜欢这种你争我夺、汲汲营营的生活。
• I wish I could get out of the rat race and move to the countryside.
  我希望可以摆脱这种竞争激烈的生活，搬到乡下去。
• Paul got so tired of the rat race that he stopped working.
  保尔对无休无止的竞争深感厌烦，他不干了。
• My educated dad's personal financial statement best demonstrates the life of someone in the rat race.
  我那受过教育的爸爸的财务状况，最好地说明了过着“老鼠赛跑”式生活的人的经济状况。
• The dance last night was a rat race.
  昨天晚上的舞会拥挤不堪。
• Don't try to keep ahead in the rat race.
  别尽力在这么激烈的竞争中保持前列。