rank /ræŋk/ CET4 TEM4 ( ranking, ranked, ranks )

• 1. 

  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。

• 2. 

  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 [正式]

  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。

• 3. 

  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。

• 4. 

  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。

• 5. 

  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。

• 6. 

  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 shop 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。

• 7. 

  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。

• 8. 

  V to arrange (people or things) in rows or lines; range (把人或物)排成行; 排成列

• 9. 

  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 [英国英语]

  例：

  Luckily there was a taxi rank nearby.

  幸好附近有个出租车候客处。

• 10. 

  ADJ showing vigorous and profuse growth 繁茂的

  例：

  rank weeds

• 11. 

  ADJ highly offensive or disagreeable, esp in smell or taste 难闻的; 难吃的

• 12. 

  ADJ complete or absolute; utter 完全的; 绝对的; 彻头彻尾的

  例：

  a rank outsider

• 13. 

  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。

• 14. 

  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。