| 词汇 | rat race |
| 词源 | rat race. Rat race originated in the 1930s among jazz musi- cians and fans as the name of a certain fast dance. It came to mean any difficult, tiring, often meaningless activity in which one struggles to keep up with or ahead of the competition. To- day it also means the everyday world of work. |
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