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rat race
rat racen. Informal A difficult, tiring, often competitive activity or routine.rat race n a continual routine of hectic competitive activity: working in the City is a real rat race. rat′ race`
n. an exhausting and usu. competitive routine activity. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rat race - an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxationmodus operandi, routine - an unvarying or habitual method or procedure |
Translationsrat (rat) noun1. a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger. The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour. 大老鼠 大老鼠2. an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person. 卑鄙小人 卑鄙小人讨厌鬼 verb – past tense, past participle ˈratted – 1. to break an agreement, promise etc. 食言 违约2. to betray one's friends, colleagues etc. The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted. 背叛 叛变rat race the fierce, unending competition for success etc. 激烈競爭 激烈竞争smell a rat to have a feeling that something is not as it should be; to have suspicions. 覺得事情不對勁，感到可疑 感到有可疑之处，感到事情不妙
rat race
rat race1. A fierce competition for success, wealth, or power. The company's environment felt like a rat race—employees were constantly sabotaging each other to climb the corporate ladder.2. A busy, tiring routine. Cathy was tired of the rat race and knew she needed to get a less stressful job.See also: race, ratrat raceFig. a fierce struggle for success, especially in one's career or business. Bob got tired of the rat race. He's retired and gone to the country. The money market is a rat race, and many people who work in it get out quickly because of the stress.See also: race, ratrat raceFierce competition to maintain or improve one's position in the workplace or social life. For example, You may not realize what a rat race it is to get research grants. This term presumably alludes to the rat's desperate struggle for survival. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] See also: race, ratthe rat race COMMON The rat race is a job or way of life in which people compete aggressively with each other in order to be successful and there is no time to relax or enjoy yourself. I had to get out of the rat race for a while and think about what was important in life. Do you ever fantasize about leaving the rat race behind?See also: race, ratthe ˈrat race (disapproving) intense competition for success in jobs, business, etc., typical of a big city: Paul got caught up in the rat race and was never at home. ♢ They longed to escape from the rat race and move out of the city.See also: race, ratrat race n. a dull and repetitive situation; a dull and unrewarding job. (see also daily grind.) I am really tired of this rat race—day after day. She dropped out of the rat race and moved to Vermont, where she opened a barber shop. See also: race, ratrat race, aA relentless competition or struggle to advance oneself, or even to keep up. A twentieth-century expression transferring the rodent’s struggle for survival, it originated in America. It appears in Christopher Morley’s Kitty Foyle (1939): “Their own private life gets to be a rat race.”See also: ratrat race
rat race[′rat ‚rās] (electronics) A particular type of radar waveguide configuration which allows the handling of greater power. Rat Race
A difficult, tiring, often competitive activity or routine, especially referring to one’s jobrat race
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