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(guò)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)期才使他適應(yīng)于那種競(jìng)爭(zhēng)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(kāi)無(wú)休無(wú)止的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，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(shí)終于得以擺脫城市中你爭(zhēng)我?jiàn)Z的無(wú)情競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，在僻靜的鄉(xiāng)下買(mǎi)了一幢房子。