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

• We're all living in the rat race.
  我们都生活在激烈竞争中。
• If you are looking for a way out of the rat race, you are not alone.
  如果您正在寻找一条出路大鼠比赛，你并不孤单。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yeah. I really want to get out of the rat race.
  没错，我真的想要远离这种你争我夺的生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。