(名詞) (商界) 激烈的競爭。
- Bill’s tired of the rat race. He’s quitting his job and moving to a cabin in the woods. (比爾已厭倦商界激烈的競爭。他將辭去工作，搬到林中的小木屋)
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rexy
(名詞) 厭食症患者。
- Tanya and Stella are so skinny. They are totally a pair of rexies! (坦雅和史泰拉都是骨瘦如柴。她們全然是一對厭食症患者!)
raggedy
(形容詞) 一團糟的 (messed up)。
- The whole situation was raggedy. (整個情況一團糟)
rotten apple
(名詞) (帶壞他人的) 壞蛋；壞傢伙；害群之馬。字面意思為「爛蘋果」。亦可用 bad apple 來表達相同的意思。
- Most students in the class study hard but there are a few rotten/bad apples. (班上大多數學生都很用功，但有少數害群之馬)
reco
(名詞) 推薦；建議。這個字是 recommendation 的縮寫。
- He gave me the job on my professor’s reco. (他接受我教授的推薦，給了我這份工作)
rule
(動詞) 非常好，棒極了。
- That band rules! (那個樂團棒極了)
rap session
(名詞) (由一群志趣相投、遭遇相同問題或有共同關心話題的人所進行的通常非正式的) 討論 (discussion)。
- We had a rap session on the many problems of the community. (我們就這社區的許多問題進行了討論)
rat-assed
(形容詞) 酩酊大醉的；爛醉如泥的。亦寫成 rat-arsed。
- Last night Sam was completely rat-assed. (昨晚山姆喝得爛醉如泥)
rock up
(片語動詞) 抵達；到達 (arrive) － 尤指出乎意料地到來或在料想不到的時間到來。
- What time should I rock up? (我應該什麼時候到達呢?)
- You can’t just rock up at midnight and expect me to come out with you. (你不能在午夜想來就來，並要我跟你外出)
ring a bell
(動詞) 使某人記起某事。
- Does what I just said ring a bell? (我剛剛所說的讓你記起某事了嗎?)