今日短語(yǔ)
在英式英語(yǔ)中,單詞“cutthroat 切喉嚨”通常用來(lái)描述“激烈、殘酷的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)環(huán)境”,或形容“在特定的行業(yè)中,會(huì)有人為了取得優(yōu)勢(shì)而不擇手段”。
我們經(jīng)常在談?wù)撋虡I(yè)的語(yǔ)境中使用這個(gè)詞語(yǔ),比如,常見(jiàn)的包含形容詞“cutthroat”的搭配有“cutthroat competition 殘酷的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)”、“cutthroat world of 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的...業(yè)界”等。
例句
The competition for the new management position was cutthroat. Many people wanted the job and would have done anything to get it.
這個(gè)新設(shè)立的管理層崗位招聘競(jìng)爭(zhēng)非常激烈。很多人想要得到這份工作,這些人甚至?xí)榇瞬粨袷侄巍?
New technology firms have to be more cutthroat than in the past because there are so many companies making similar products, and they all want their share of the market.
如今,新科技公司之間的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)不得不比過(guò)去更加殘酷,這是因?yàn)橛刑嗟墓驹陂_(kāi)發(fā)同類(lèi)產(chǎn)品,而且他們都想得到屬于自己的市場(chǎng)份額。
In the cutthroat world of Hollywood, only the best can be successful.
在好萊塢這個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)殘酷的世界里,只有最優(yōu)秀的人才能成功。