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单词 dog-eat-dog
释义
dog-eat-dog
adjective
uk
/ˌdɒɡ.iːtˈdɒɡ/us
/ˌdɑː.ɡ.iːtˈdɑː.ɡ/
used todescribeasituationin whichpeoplewill do anything to besuccessful,evenif what they doharmsotherpeople:
狗咬狗的；损人利己的；无情的
It's a dog-eat-dogworldout there.这是一个损人利己的无情世界。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Competing and contending (non-sporting)
  • be one up onsomeoneidiom
  • bid
  • cat
  • catchup
  • chancer
  • close-run
  • competition
  • contest
  • dare
  • go toe to toeidiom
  • hyper-competitive
  • in the gameidiom
  • intercollegiate
  • jostle
  • runners and ridersidiom
  • showing
  • slugfest
  • snap atsomeone'sheelsidiom
  • super-competitive
  • toe
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(Definition ofdog-eat-dogfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdog-eat-dog

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Several of the organic cotton farmers explained that their cooperative efforts involve lessdog-eat-dogcompetition than those of conventional farmers.
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The world of the inter-war period was adog-eat-dogaffair.
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It's adog-eat-dogworld at each of the three 'extremities' of the diagram.
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Local authorities should not indulge in adog-eat-dogattitude.
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That creates adog-eat-dogsituation in the housing queue.
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Our intention is definitely not to reinvent thedog-eat-dogcompetition that prevailed under the previous internal market.
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The introduction of a market-driven system in further education has led to adog-eat-dogapproach which is setting colleges against each other.
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The debate at times denegrated into adog-eat-dogargument.
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It will not be possible to plan services when a whole load of competing institutions are all trying to keep their heads above water in adog-eat-dogsituation.
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It's adog-eat-dogworld where nothing is as simple as it appears.
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At the same time however, his incredibly drastic,dog-eat-dog, and inconsiderate qualities tend to show through in combination with his sensitive and redeeming qualities.
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The criticisms of both the morality and actual effectiveness of such adog-eat-dogmethod of social cohesion apply.
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Refrain criticized thedog-eat-dogapproach of political usage of mourning and country-wide grief.
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He soon learned to hide his fear and embraced thedog-eat-dogmentality that was the norm in his new surroundings.
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A certain theme had begun to emerge among the songs how the animal life is mirrored in thedog-eat-dogworld of human society but the project just wasn't working out.
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