释义 |
cut-throatˈcut-throat, cut‧throat /ˈkʌtθrəʊt $ -θroʊt/ adjective [usually before noun] - At the root of the problems with the old system was cut-throat competition.
- Confounding nearly all expectations, he and his cut-throat regime proved highly resilient.
- In an increasingly cut-throat environment, purely political, or ideological, considerations may be important, albeit secondary.
- London movie-goers gave Glengarry Glen Ross, about cut-throat estate agents, the thumbs up this week.
- Media Advertising is a cut-throat business and nowhere is this more evident than in the media department of a thriving agency.
- Shops there got off to a bad start in the weeks after currency union, many demanding cut-throat prices.
- This new capitalism is a cut-throat enterprise: to stay in business you must not only compete with but beat your competitors.
a cut-throat activity or business involves people competing with each other in an unpleasant way: Cut-throat competition is keeping prices low. the cut-throat world of advertising |