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

• 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。
• 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。
• We're all living in the rat race.
  我们都生活在激烈竞争中。
• In the rat race of today's world, only the fittest survives.
  在当今竞争激烈的世界里，惟有适者才能生存。
• To many people life is always a rat race.
  对许多人来说，生活总是激烈的竞争。
• I want to get out of the rat race.
  我不想再过这种紧张劳累的生活了。
• He was one of the few people. I ever knew who got out of the rat race.
  就我所知，他是从激烈的竞争中解脱出来的少数人之一。
• Dad wants to get out of the rat race and move back to his hometown.
  父亲想离开无休无止的竞争，回到他的故乡。
• I was in a rat race and I couldn't get out.
  我陷入老鼠赛跑的圈子，无法跑出来。
• 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。