rat-race

In the rat race, they try every means to stay on the top, and the fear to lose the game inevitably wrecks their peace of mind.(在这种残酷的竞争中，他们使出浑身解数力求成功，由于害怕在竞争中失败而无法保持平和的心态。)

If we stay in the rat-race 24 hours, seven days a week, we are bound to pollute our inner space as well as the outer space.(如果我们保持每周七天二十四小时你死我活的竞争状态，我们必然会污染我们的内心世界，也会污染外部空间。)

But You Should Escape The Rat race.(但你应该避开激烈的竞争。)

In our rat-race culture, we too often witness young men and women choosing career paths which yield external recognition over those which they find intrinsically interesting.(在当今竞争激烈的环境下，我们见证了太多的青年男女，他们选择的往往是能够赢得他人认可，而非自己发自内心感兴趣的职业。)

I had to get out of the rat race and take a look at the real world again.(我必须退出这种你争我夺的生活，重新看看真实的世界。)

If you want to escape the rat race you will have to reduce your working hours.(如果你想逃避异常激烈竞争，你就得减少工作时间。)

Believing that "mind like water" results from a productivity systems that obsessively organizes our external reality only perpetuates the rat race.(相信“心若止水”会来自针对外部生活的，有组织的效率系统，只能延续老鼠赛跑的现状。)

As for the rat race, while different, it's faster than ever.(至于商业竞争，不同的是，它比以往更激烈了。)

What if lower-tier colleges and universities were the ticket to escaping the rat race?(如果低层次的学院和大学是逃避激烈竞争的门票呢？)

This tiny harbour town is the perfect spot for people wanting to get away from the rat race, but not from the human race.(这个港口小镇是那些想从激烈竞争的生活中解脱出来，而又不想远离人群的人们选择休息的完美地点。)