单词rat race
n.: （大城市里为财富、权力等的）疯狂竞争
网络: 亡命夺宝；激烈的竞争；亡命寻宝
（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.
单机跟进空域练习
疯狂竞争
环形波导
激烈竞争
出卖
〔美俚〕费神的日常工作
Jim was the winner in a rat race, and he was promoted to be the director of the marketing department.
吉姆在激烈的竞争中胜出，他被提拔为市场部主任。
Man, look at the time! Almost two o"clock! Got to get back to the rat race - I"ve got people coming to see me all afternoon.
咳，看看都什么时间了！快到两点了。我非得回去战斗了。下午有人要来见我。
They also aspire to a higher place in society"s pecking order, but in so doing force others in the rat race to run faster to keep up.
他们渴望能得到更高的社会地位，但这么做使得别人不得不在这场激烈的竞争中跑得更快来跟上他们。
He spent 10 years working in a paper mill in Melbourne. "I got sick of the rat race, " he said. "So I decided to come home. "
他在墨尔本的造纸厂工作了十年。“我厌倦那种没完没了的竞争，”他说。“所以我决定回家。”
Dad wants to get out of the rat race and move back to his hometown.
父亲想离开无休无止的竞争，回到他的故乡
As I said, getting out of the rat race is technically easy. It doesn"t take much education, but those doubts are cripples for most people.
正如我所说，摆脱“老鼠赛跑”的生活在技术上讲是十分容易的，这不需要接受太多教育，可那些顾虑使得大多数人寸步难行。
Although no one is happy to have their pay cut, many seem to like a brief break from the rat race.
虽然没人愿意让自己的薪金缩水，但是很多人从你死我活的竞争中偷了一会闲。
My father wasn"t too keen on the idea of being back in the rat race, but I assured him that this time it would be nothing like that.
我的父亲对再做夸父追日的想法不怎么感冒，但我向他保证了这次不会再像那样了。
After Nigel left his academic post and went into business, it took him quite a while adjust to the rat race.
奈杰尔弃学从商后，过了很长时期才使他适应于那种竞争激烈的环境。
This reason alone is potent enough to force anyone to join the rat race and invest years of their lives into corporate ladder climberism.
这个原因本身就已经足够强力地强迫任何人参加激烈的竞争，投入一年又一年的精力到不断向上爬的晋升制中。