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2019.1.4每日一词 cut-throat

2019.1.4每日一词 cut-throat

作者: Aiden拾影 | 来源:发表于2019-01-04 21:12 被阅读0次

    字典解释

    “cut-throat”的字面意思是“切喉”,常常用来表示“冷酷无情的”,是个充满画面感的常见单词。当我们想描述竞争非常激烈时,除了用 fierce, tough, severe 之外,还可以用到 cut-throat,强调竞争的残酷无情,为达到目标而不择手段。

    “cut-throat”的使用比较简单,常和表示领域(industry business world)以及竞争和价格的词搭配时使用,我们可以用cut-throat描述某一行业领域的竞争激烈。

    最近关于锤子科技的报道不断,其中一个关键点是智能手机行业竞争激烈,可以说
    The competition in the smartphone idustry is cut-throat.

    或者

    The smartphone business is cut-throat and relentless(这里的relentless和cut-throat是同义表达,放在一起起到强调作用)

    例句

    Ride-hailing, like many online businesses, is a cut-throat, winner-takes-all market: Didi itself is the product of a 2015 merger of two local firms.

    Once state support for AT&T’s monopoly status was removed, the phone market became cut-throat

    Amazon’s cut-throat pricing has lowered online inflation by about one percentage point.

    翻译练习

    在这个竞争激烈的世界,只有适者才能生存
    In this cut-throat world, only the best candidate could survive.

    参考翻译:
    In this cut-throat world, only the fittest will survive.

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