☞你可以天天說英語 － ☞Dog-Eat-Dog 競爭激烈的∕殘酷無情的

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Christine：Hey, Matt, why did you get mad at Warren?

克莉絲汀：喂，麥特，你幹麼生華倫的氣？

Matt：He was trying to beat me every time we played ping-pong.

麥特：每次我們打乒乓球，他都想打敗我。

Christine：Did you really have to call him names?

克莉絲汀：但你有必要侮辱他嗎？

Matt：He did not need to be so determined!

麥特：他用不著非贏我不可啊！

Christine：Well, I don't think you should have thrown his sandwich in the garbage can.

克莉絲汀：呃，但你也不應該把他的三文治丟到垃圾桶裡吧。

Matt：Hey, it's a dog-eat-dog world. Let that be a lesson to him!

麥特：嘿，這是個狗咬狗的世界。這次就讓他學個教訓！

Christine：You know what? I think you take ping-pong a little too seriously.

克莉絲汀：你知道嗎？我想你把兵乓球看得太嚴重了點。

Matt：Are you challenging me to a game?

麥特：妳要跟我挑戰打乒乓嗎？

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★Dog-Eat-Dog

世dog-eat-dog為 形容詞，字面上為「狗吃狗」，實則用來描述某事或某地的競爭激烈、殘酷無情。此俚語源自更早之前的一句諺語："Dog doesn;t eat dog."（同類不相殘。）進入工業時代後，資本社會的生存法則就是殘酷且無情的「適者生存，不適者淘汰」。於是，英語裡就用贈 dog-eat-dog world喜峸e現今社會如狗咬狗般的激烈競爭。