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cut-throat

/kuht-throht/US // ˈkʌtˌθroʊt //

严酷的,严刑峻法,严刑逼供,严酷

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : murderous.
    • : ruthless: cutthroat competition.
    • : pertaining to a game, as of cards, in which each of three or more persons acts and scores as an individual.

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Examples

  • In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?

  • I took out my knife, my Ka-Bar, and knocked his teeth out, but they fell into his throat.

  • My understanding was that according to most Christian beliefs, being trans or gay was a sin, cut and dry.

  • Crew members had to cut through the ice on the streets to get shots.

  • In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.

  • If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.

  • A sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.

  • At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.

  • It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!

  • My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.