单词 | rat race |
释义 | ˈrat race noun the rat race COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATthe unpleasant situation experienced by people working in big cities, when they continuously compete for success and have a lot of stress in their lives 〔大城市里的〕永无休止的激烈竞争,你死我活的竞争get out of/quit the rat race the story of a couple who quit the rat race 一对夫妻放弃名利追逐的故事Examples from the Corpusrat race• Children are forced into the rat race for higher salary and prestige.• At least we would be out of the rat race until I had worked up some seniority in my job.• An executive from an international chemical company has given up the rat race to run a plant nursery.From Longman Business Dictionaryrat raceˈrat race noun the rat race the unpleasant situation in business or in life in which people are always struggling to compete against each other for successA vacation is a chance to escape the corporate rat race for two weeks.ˈrat race nounChineseSyllable by people in working the experienced Business Corpus unpleasant situation |
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