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。
• 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。
• Bird Watching is a great way to escape the rat race and be one with nature.
  观鸟是一个伟大的方式来解脱亡命夺宝，是一个与大自然。
• The dance last night was a rat race.
  昨天晚上的舞会拥挤不堪。
• Sometimes I long to get out of the rat race and live on a tiny island.
  有时我真想摆脱现代生活的激烈竞争，住到一个小岛上去。
• As far as I'm concerned, she's copped out and joined the rat race.
  正如我所说的，她退出，没有参加残酷的竞争。
• 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。
• Paul got caught up in the rat race and was never at home.
  保罗被卷入激烈的竞争中，都没在家呆过。
• We're all living in the rat race.
  我们都生活在激烈竞争中。
• My father wasn't too keen on the idea of being back in the rat race, but I assured him that this time, it would be nothing like that.
  我的父亲对搬回这个满街老鼠跑的地方不太热心，但我向他保证现在已经不是那样了。