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a(n) cutthroat
名词用法，指谋杀者。
The police arrested a cutthroat.
警方逮捕了一个凶手。
不择手段的人；残忍无情的人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
不择手段的人；残忍无情的人
An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
The police arrested a cutthroat.
警方逮捕了一个凶手。
割断受害者喉咙的凶手。
A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
不择手段、残忍或不道德的人。
An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
三人落袋台球游戏,目标是成为最后一名桌上还有球的玩家。
A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
The cutthroat was arrested after the police found his knife.
警察找到他的刀后，这名凶手被逮捕了。
The business world can be cutthroat, with companies fighting for every customer.
商界可能非常残酷，公司为每一个顾客而争斗。
The wandering cutthroat terrified the villagers with his threats.
那个游荡的凶手用他的威胁吓坏了村民。
名词用法，指谋杀者。
The police arrested a cutthroat.
警方逮捕了一个凶手。
形容词作定语，修饰名词。
They face cutthroat competition.
他们面临残酷的竞争。
形容词作表语，描述性质。
The industry is cutthroat.
这个行业是残酷的。
Not this
He cutthroated his competitor in the business.
Use this
He is a cutthroat in the business.
cutthroat是名词或形容词，不能用作动词。正确用法是作为名词表示‘凶手’或‘残酷的人’，或作为形容词修饰名词。
Not this
There are many cutthroat in this industry.
Use this
There are many cutthroats in this industry.
cutthroat作为可数名词，复数形式应为cutthroats，不能省略词尾的-s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
冷酷无情的人；不择手段的人
His business rivals saw him as a ruthless cutthroat.
商业对手们视他为冷酷无情、不择手段的人。
一伙割喉杀手
The town was terrorized by a gang of cutthroats.
这个小镇曾遭一伙割喉杀手恐吓。
三人落袋台球游戏
We spent the evening playing cutthroat pool.
我们晚上一直在玩三人落袋台球。
我是个心狠手辣的人。
In the chorus of Imagine Dragons' song "Cutthroat", the singer calls himself a cutthroat.
在Imagine Dragons的歌曲《Cutthroat》的副歌中，歌手称自己为心狠手辣的人。
《残酷厨房》
Cutthroat Kitchen pits chefs against each other in ruthless cooking challenges.
《残酷厨房》让厨师们在残酷的烹饪挑战中相互竞争。
Use cutthroat naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：cut（割）+throat（喉咙）→割喉的凶手；对对手像割喉一样狠，就是“不择手段的人”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：business competition、office politics、political campaigns 该词作名词表示“不择手段的人”时，多用于商业、职场或政治等竞争激烈的语境，语气中性偏负面。
音标为 /kætθruːt/：第一个音节听起来像 cat /kæt/，结尾 /θruːt/ 的开头像 through /θruː/，末尾的 /ruːt/ 与 root /ruːt/ 相同。注意拼写误导：cut 与前半部分拼写相同但读 /kʌt/，throat 与后半部分拼写相同但读 /θroʊt/；truth /truːθ/ 拼写相近，但结尾是 /θ/ 而不是 /t/。
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