| 单词 | cut-throat |
| 释义 | cut-throat adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it. [disapproval] ...cut-throat competition. ...the cut-throat world of international finance. Synonyms: competitive, fierce, ruthless, relentless Collocations: cut-throat business No company, no two men and their collaborators have been so influential over four decades in such a cut-throat business. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It's a cut-throat business out there. The Sun (2011) Pure cash equities remains a cut-throat business and there is still too much capacity out there. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They are millionaires who show little emotion in the cut-throat business world. The Sun (2010) Cartons are a cut-throat business and industrial espionage is, apparently, a vivid issue. Times, Sunday Times (2012) By no means those who encourage cut-throat competition between national firms at home. After Thatcher (1989) Confidence in website security and cut-throat competition has also lured shoppers online. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It is a highly contemporary depiction of a society of cut-throat competition. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) Translations: Chinese: 残酷的 Japanese: 熾烈な |
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