rank /ræŋk/ ( ranks, ranking, ranked ) CET4

• N-VAR Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization. 职位; 级别

  例: He eventually rose to the rank of captain.

  他最终升到了船长的职位。

• N-VAR Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to. (尤指较高的) 社会地位 [FORMAL]

  例: He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner.

  他一定要作为一个高级人质而不是一般囚徒来对待。

• V-T/V-I If an official organization ranks someone or something 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example, they calculate that the person or thing has that position on a scale. You can also say that someone or something ranks 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example. 给…排名; 名列

  例: The report ranks the U.S. 20th out of 22 advanced nations.

  这份报告把美国排在22个发达国家的第20位。

  例: ...the only Canadian woman to be ranked in the top 50 of the women's world rankings.

  …进入世界妇女排行榜前50名的惟一的加拿大妇女。

• V-T/V-I If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale, you are saying how good or important you think they are. 给…排等级; 位列

  例: His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers.

  他的要价与其他同时代的摄影师相比居高。

  例: Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations.

  投资者在亚洲国家中更看重韩国。

  例: St. Petersburg's night life ranks as more exciting than the capital's.

  圣彼得堡的夜生活比首都的更令人激动。

• N-PLURAL The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it. 成员

  例: There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too.

  媒体内部成员也有一些担忧。

• N-PLURAL The ranks are the ordinary members of an organization, especially of the armed forces. 普通成员 (尤指军队的普通士兵)

  例: Most store managers have worked their way up through the ranks.

  大部分的商店经理都是从普通员工干上来的。

• N-COUNT A rank of people or things is a row of them. 排

  例: Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by.

  一排排配有防暴设备的警察紧张地站在一边。

• N-COUNT A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available. 计程车停车处 [mainly BRIT]

  美国英语为stand

• PHRASE If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization. 违背指令

  例: Britain appears unlikely to break ranks with other members of the European Union.

  英国似乎不会背弃欧盟其他成员国。

• PHRASE If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized. (受批评时) 紧密团结

  例: Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of misconduct.

  各个机构在其某一成员被指控行为不当时都会同心合力。