rat race

名词 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。
2. Dad want 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。
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.
   我父亲在60岁时终于得以摆脱城市中你争我夺的无情竞争，在僻静的乡下买了一幢房子。