the rat race
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈræt ˌreɪs]
- 美式音标 [ˈræt ˌreɪs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 无休止的竞争
- 激烈的竞争
英汉例句
- I love all wild life, love being away from the rat-race.
我喜欢所有野外的生命，喜欢远离那些你死我活的竞争。 - If we stay in the rat-race 24 hours, seven days a week, we are bound to pollute our inner space as well as the outer space.
如果我们保持每周七天二十四小时你死我活的竞争状态，我们必然会污染我们的内心世界，也会污染外部空间。 - Got to get back to the rat race - I've got people coming to see me all afternoon.
我非得回去搏斗了。 整个下午都有人要来看我。 - When he tested the powder on mice they no longer ran up a steep incline to get a reward, nor tumbled down it in a stupor, but ran around, happy and alert, at the bottom, as if the rat-race did not exist.
ECONOMIST: Leo Sternbach - If you are ready to chuck your rat-race career for something in the boondocks, take inspiration from Life 2.0, by FORBES Publisher Rich Karlgaard.
FORBES: The Spokane Arb Play - Like a rat-race commuter, you can get dressed, have breakfast, say goodbye to the goldfish, then march out the door ready to conquer the world.
FORBES: Why Your Home Office Should Be In The Backyard
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- a way of life in modern society, in which people compete with each other for power and money