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rate MEASUREreItn [C]a level of speed with which something happens or changes, or the number of times it happens or changes, within a particular period速度，比率Although she's recovering from her illness, her rate of progress is quite slow.尽管她在从病中恢复，但她恢复的速度很慢。I told my assistants to work at their own rate/at a steady rate.我要助手们按他们自己的速度/稳定的速度工作。The taxi was going at a tremendous rate.出租车开得飞快。The rate of application for this garden weed-killer is 1 litre per 10 square metres.这种花园除草剂的使用比率是每1升可除10平方米范围内的草。The growth rate/rate of growth of the country's economy/population was 3% last year.去年该国的经济/人口增长率为3％。The government's economic policies are directed towards keeping the inflation rate/rate of inflation low.政府的经济政策是朝着保持低通货膨胀率的方向实施的。The unemployment rate/rate of unemployment (= number of people without jobs) in the region has risen.该地区的失业率已经上升了。This form of meningitis has a very high mortality rate (= many people die from it).这种形式的脑膜炎的死亡率很高。As a lawyer, she has a high success rate in (= is successful in a large number of) the cases she handles.作为一名律师，她办案的成功率很高。The school has a very low dropout rate (= number of students failing to complete courses).这所学校的失学率很低。(Br) She got through her work at a rate of knots (= very fast) so that she could go and play tennis.她以很快速度完成工作，以便能去打网球。At this rate (= If the situation stays as it is), we'll never be home by midnight.按这种速度，我们半夜前怎么也到不了家。Well, I'm not going at any rate (= whatever happens).噢，我不管怎样都不去。People also say at any rate as a way of showing that they are going to say something more exactly.更确切地讲I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it.我认为他们不喜欢我的主意，更确切地说，他们对它不热心。 [RATES中的rate]
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