名詞 rat race:

1. an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation

1. After Nigel left his academic post and went into business, it took him quite a while adjust to the rat race.
   奈杰爾棄學(xué)從商后，過了很長時期才使他適應(yīng)于那種競爭激烈的環(huán)境。
2. Dad want to get out of the rat race and move back to his hometown.
   父親想離開無休無止的競爭，回到他的故鄉(xiāng)。
3. At the age of60, my father was at last able to get out of the rat race in the city and buy a house in the quiet country side.
   我父親在60歲時終于得以擺脫城市中你爭我奪的無情競爭，在僻靜的鄉(xiāng)下買了一幢房子。