"cutthroats" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 兇手
• 無情的人

Definition

指那些無情、殘忍、願意傷害他人以達到自己目的的人，可指真正的殺手或在商業和競爭中極為激烈的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

不僅指真正的殺手，也常用於比喻競爭激烈的人，例如“cutthroat competition”表示殘酷競爭。常用於貶義，形容毫不留情的人。

Examples

The pirates were known as cutthroats.

這些海盜被稱為**兇手**。

The city used to be full of cutthroats after dark.

這座城市一到晚上就充滿了**兇手**。

Be careful—those men are cutthroats.

小心——那些人是**兇手**。

In this business, everyone acts like cutthroats to win.

在這個行業，大家都像**無情的人**一樣拼命獲勝。

Don’t trust them; they’re a bunch of cutthroats out for themselves.

別相信他們；他們只是一羣為自己著想的**無情的人**。

The competition became so intense that the players turned into cutthroats.

比賽變得如此激烈，選手們都變成了**無情的人**。