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rat race
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rat race noun
rat race
noun
Learner's definition of RAT RACE
the rat race
: the unpleasant life of people who have jobs that require them to work very hard in order to compete with others for money, power, status, etc.（为金钱、权力、地位等的）疯狂竞争
- She is quitting the rat race to spend time with her family.她正在努力摆脱这种你死我活的竞争，以便有时间与家人在一起。
- He wants to get out of the rat race.他想从这种疯狂的竞争中解脱出来。
rat race
noun
: strenuous, wearisome, and usually competitive activity or rush
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web What better time for literary invention than after the kids are grown, the rat race is abandoned and the financial picture brightened each month by Social Security? 
Daniel Akst, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 After just a year at the helm, the co-CEO of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund Alameda Research is leaving the rat race to spend more time with his boat. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022 Those who are willing to join the rat race often have too little time or patience for dating -- which, for some, is where the MBTI comes in. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 July 2022 The pandemic and the Great Resignation destabilized the idea that workers must grin and bear the rat race five days a week. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 Of course, seeing such a reputable organization become involved in the rat race of proving the existence of UFOs does bring up some questions. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 June 2022 The never-ending rat race of chasing notoriety and goliath following numbers is a result of a purposefully archaic system that champions poor value extraction for creators. Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022 The Wire isn't a series about choosing sides — jaded lawmen vs. strategic gangsters — but about seeing how everyone's soul is compromised in the rat race toward a phony American dream. refinery29.com, 9 June 2022 That stagnation, Thiel claimed in his lecture at Yale, was linked to the credentialist rat race Vance and his classmates were engaged in. Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2022 See More
Daniel Akst, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 After just a year at the helm, the co-CEO of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund Alameda Research is leaving the rat race to spend more time with his boat. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022 Those who are willing to join the rat race often have too little time or patience for dating -- which, for some, is where the MBTI comes in. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 July 2022 The pandemic and the Great Resignation destabilized the idea that workers must grin and bear the rat race five days a week. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 Of course, seeing such a reputable organization become involved in the rat race of proving the existence of UFOs does bring up some questions. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 June 2022 The never-ending rat race of chasing notoriety and goliath following numbers is a result of a purposefully archaic system that champions poor value extraction for creators. Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022 The Wire isn't a series about choosing sides — jaded lawmen vs. strategic gangsters — but about seeing how everyone's soul is compromised in the rat race toward a phony American dream. refinery29.com, 9 June 2022 That stagnation, Thiel claimed in his lecture at Yale, was linked to the credentialist rat race Vance and his classmates were engaged in. Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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