1. | [u][c] (尤指较高的)地位,级别the position, especially a high position, that sb has in a particular organization, society, etc. |
She was not used to mixing with people of high social rank. 她不习惯和社会地位很高的人交往。 | |
He rose through the ranks to become managing director. 他级级攀升,当上了常务董事。 | |
Within months she was elevated to ministerial rank. 不出几个月,她就被提升至部级。 |
2. | [c][u] 军衔;军阶;警衔the position that sb has in the army, navy, police, etc. |
He was soon promoted to the rank of captain. 他很快被提升至上尉军阶。 | |
officers of junior/senior rank 有低级╱高级军阶的军官 | |
a campaign to attract more women into the military ranks 吸引更多的女性担任各级军官的运动 | |
officers, and other ranks(= people who are not officers) 军官及士兵 | |
The colonel was stripped of his rank(= was given a lower position, especially as a punishment) . 那名上校被降职了。 |
3. | [pl] 普通士兵the position of ordinary soldiers rather than officers |
He served in the ranks for most of the war. 战争期间,他大部分时间都在部队服役。 | |
He rose from the ranks(= from being an ordinary soldier) to become a warrant officer. 他从普通士兵升至准尉。 |
4. | [sing] 等级;级别the degree to which sb/sth is of high quality |
a painter of the first rank 一流的画家 | |
Britain is no longer in the front rank of world powers. 英国再也不是位于前列的世界强国。 | |
The findings are arranged in rank order according to performance. 这些研究结果是根据性能等级排列的。 |
5. | [pl] (团体或组织的)成员the members of a particular group or organization |
We have a number of international players in our ranks. 我们的队员中有好几个国际选手。 | |
At 50, he was forced to join the ranks of the unemployed. 他 50 岁时被迫加入了失业行列。 | |
There were serious divisions within the party's own ranks. 这个党内部存在着严重对立的分歧。 |
6. | [c] (警察、士兵等的)队列,行列a line or row of soldiers, police, etc. standing next to each other |
They watched as ranks of marching infantry passed the window. 他们看着步兵列队从窗前走过。 |
7. | [c] 排;行;列a line or row of people or things |
massed ranks of spectators 聚集起来的旁观者的行列 | |
The trees grew in serried ranks(= very closely together) . 树木一排靠一排地生长。 |
1. | [t][i] 把…分等级;属于某等级to give sb/sth a particular position on a scale according to quality, importance, success, etc.; to have a position of this kind |
The tasks have been ranked in order of difficulty. 按照困难程度对工作进行了分类。 | |
She is currently the highest ranked player in the world. 她是目前居全球榜首的运动员。 | |
top-ranked players 一流的选手 | |
Voters regularly rank education as being more important than defence. 投票者通常认为教育比国防更重要。 | |
At the height of her career she ranked second in the world. 在她事业的顶峰时期,她排名世界第二位。 | |
The university is ranked number one in the country for engineering. 在工程学领域,这所大学位居本国第一。 | |
It certainly doesn't rank as his greatest win. 这肯定算不上他最大的胜利。 | |
The restaurant ranks among the finest in town. 这家饭店属于城里最好的。 | |
This must rank with(= be as good as) the greatest movies ever made. 这部影片一定可与史上最优秀的影片相媲美。 | |
You just don't rank(= you're not good enough) . 你还不够级别。 |
2. | [t][usupass] ~ sth 排列;使排成行to arrange objects in a line or row |