cut-throat

英 [ˈkʌt θrəʊt]

美 [ˈkʌt θroʊt]

adj.  竞争激烈的; 残酷无情的; 不公的

复数：cut-throats　

BEC法律

牛津词典

adj.

• 竞争激烈的；残酷无情的；不公的
  in which people compete with each other in aggressive and unfair ways
  1. the cut-throat world of politics
     斗得你死我活的政界

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 竞争激烈的;残酷无情的
  If you describe a situation ascut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
  1. ...the cut-throat competition in personal computers.
     个人电脑市场上残酷无情的竞争
  2. ...the cut-throat world of international finance.
     竞争激烈的国际金融界

双语例句

• Now you can log into a consolidator website and compare lots of different prices, but it's far from clear that this has led to more cut-throat offers.
  现在，你可以登录到一个集成网站，对许多不同价格进行比较。不过，这是否导致了价格越来越优惠，目前还远未明朗。
• There is a lot of cut-throat competition among the countries.
  这些国家之间竞争十分激烈。
• Unlike many cut-throat graduate MBA programmes, Prof Sands says that the dynamic in Simmons 'classrooms is co-operative and supportive.
  桑兹教授表示，和许多竞争激烈的MBA研究生课程不同，西蒙斯管理学院的教室里的互动是合作式和支持式的。
• But cut-throat competition in the banking sector means riskier mortgage portfolios are yielding small margins.
  但银行业的激烈竞争，意味着风险更高的按揭组合只能产生很少的利润。
• But in the cut-throat computer business, success never lasts too long.
  但是，在竞争白热化的电脑行业，胜利从不持续太长。
• It captures the cut-throat world of 1980s Wall Street, a time when anything could, and did, happen as the traditional way of doing business was turned on its head by upstarts such as KKR.
  该书描绘了上世纪80年代华尔街那个尔虞我诈的世界，那时，传统的经营方式被KKR这样的新贵完全颠覆，什么事都有可能发生，也确实发生了。
• Fresh turmoil at HTC is casting a shadow over the once highly-regarded Taiwanese smartphone maker, which has fallen victim to industry shifts and slow sales amid cut-throat competition in China.
  新的动荡再次给宏达电（HTC）蒙上阴影。行业变化、销售不佳、以及中国市场你死我活的激烈竞争，使得这家一度深受敬重的台湾智能手机制造商成为了牺牲品。
• Making banks produce such a number would force them to become less cut-throat places to work.
  让银行统计这一比率将推动它们成为不那么剑拔弩张的工作场所。
• The study blames the growth of heavy industry on cut-throat internal competition.
  此项研究将重工业的发展归咎于激烈的国内竞争。
• The cut-throat competition among American and European institutions led to the rise and development of financial holding companies.
  金融控股公司的兴起是美国和欧洲的金融机构在国际范围内激烈竞争的结果。