cut-throat

adjective
🔊/ˈkʌt θrəʊt/
🔊/ˈkʌt θrəʊt/
[usually before noun]
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  1. (of an activity活动) in which people compete with each other in aggressive and unfair ways竞争激烈的;残酷无情的;不公的
    • the cut-throat world of politics斗得你死我活的政界
    Topics Businessc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCut-throat is used with these nouns:
    • competition
    • razor
    • world
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