When an activity or a business is cut-throat, people are competing in an ugly way — hard, unkind, each person trying to push the others out. Two shops may keep cutting prices until one cannot survive. At work, people may hide help so they look better.

When an activity or a business is cut-throat當一項活動或事業是cut-throat, people are competing in an ugly way大家的競爭方式很難看 — hard, unkind, each person trying to push the others out又狠又無情，每個人都想把別人擠出局. Two shops may keep cutting prices兩家店可能一直削價 until one cannot survive直到有一家撐不下去. At work, people may hide help so they look better在職場上，人們可能藏著不幫忙，好讓自己看起來比較好

The picture behind the word is brutal: cutting someone's throat. Nobody is literally doing that; the word borrows that violence to say the contest is merciless.

The picture behind the word is brutal這個詞背後的畫面很殘忍: cutting someone's throat割斷某人的喉嚨. Nobody is literally doing that沒有人真的在做那件事; the word borrows that violence to say the contest is merciless這個詞是借那種暴力來說這場競爭很無情

You hear it a lot with competition, business, industry, world: cut-throat competition is almost a set phrase, and it is never a compliment. Newspapers and business people like it because it sounds sharp.

You hear it a lot with competition, business, industry, world你會常聽到它跟competition、business、industry、world搭配: cut-throat competition is almost a set phrasecut-throat competition幾乎是個固定搭配, and it is never a compliment而且從來不是稱讚. Newspapers and business people like it報紙和商界人士喜歡用它 because it sounds sharp因為聽起來很犀利

Though actually, some people write it as one word, cutthroat; the meaning does not change. It is about the fight, not about a wound on the neck.

Though actually, some people write it as one word, cutthroat不過實際上，有些人會把它寫成一個字cutthroat; the meaning does not change意思不會變. It is about the fight, not about a wound on the neck這是在講競爭本身，不是在講脖子上的傷口