cut-throat 2019-01-06 每日一词

Day 76  cut-throat 

释义：a cut-throat activity or situation is one in which people behave in an unfair or immoral way in order to get an advantage over other people 

=fierce, tough, severe 

例句：

1-The smartphone business is cut-throat. 

2-The competition in the smartphone industry is cut-throat. 

3-The smartphone business is cut-throat and relentless.

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

练习

1-翻译：在这个竞争激烈的世界，只有适者才能生存。 

Only those who fit can survive in the cut-throat world.

2-造句：高考中的竞争是很激烈的。

The competition in the National College Entrance Examination  is cut-throat. 

参考翻译: 

In this cut-throat world, only the fittest will survive/prevail.