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。
• 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。
• To many people life is always a rat race.
  对许多人来说，生活总是激烈的竞争。
• 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。
• 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。
• I want to get out of the rat race.
  我不想再过这种紧张劳累的生活了。
• My educated dad's personal financial statement best demonstrates the life of someone in the rat race.
  我那受过教育的爸爸的财务状况，最好地说明了过着“老鼠赛跑”式生活的人的经济状况。
• Ultimately, you'll invest it, generate passive income and get out of the rat race.
  最终，你的投资，产生消极收入和摆脱驻足守候。
• 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。
• 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。