the rat race

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I love all wild life, love being away from the rat-race.
我喜歡所有野外的生命，喜歡遠(yuǎn)離那些你死我活的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。
If we stay in the rat-race 24 hours, seven days a week, we are bound to pollute our inner space as well as the outer space.
如果我們保持每周七天二十四小時(shí)你死我活的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)狀態(tài)，我們必然會(huì)汙染我們的內(nèi)心世界，也會(huì)汙染外部空間。
Got to get back to the rat race - I've got people coming to see me all afternoon.
我非得廻去搏鬭了。整個(gè)下午都有人要來(lái)看我。

When he tested the powder on mice they no longer ran up a steep incline to get a reward, nor tumbled down it in a stupor, but ran around, happy and alert, at the bottom, as if the rat-race did not exist.
ECONOMIST: Leo Sternbach
If you are ready to chuck your rat-race career for something in the boondocks, take inspiration from Life 2.0, by FORBES Publisher Rich Karlgaard.
FORBES: The Spokane Arb Play
Like a rat-race commuter, you can get dressed, have breakfast, say goodbye to the goldfish, then march out the door ready to conquer the world.
FORBES: Why Your Home Office Should Be In The Backyard

a way of life in modern society, in which people compete with each other for power and money