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rate1/reit/ n. & v.●n. 1 a stated numerical proportion between two sets of things (the second usu. expressed as unity), esp. as a measure of amount or degree moving at a rate of 50 miles per hour 以每小时 50 英里速度移动 or as the basis of calculating an amount or value rate of taxation 税率 速度；比率，率 2 a fixed or appropriate charge or cost or value; a measure of this 费率；价格；费用 postal rates 邮资; the rate for the job 工资 3 rapidity of movement or change 速率；进度 travelling at a great rate 快速旅行; prices increasing at a dreadful rate 物价飞涨 4 class or rank 品类，等级 first-rate 一级，甲等 5 Brit. [英]a a tax levied by local authorities on commercial properties (and, until recently, dwellings) at so much per pound of the assessed value of buildings and land owned or leased (now replaced by the council tax for dwellings) (地方政府征收的)不动产税(率)；地方税 b (in pl. 作复数) the amount payable by this (上述)税额 ●v. 1 tr.a estimate the worth or value of 给…估价，评估；评价 I do not rate him very highly 我对他的评价不是很高; how do you rate your chances of winning? 你觉得你有多大胜算？ b assign a fixed value to (a coin or metal) in relation to a monetary standard (根据货币本位)给(硬币或金属)定价值 c assign a value to (work, the power of a machine, etc.) 给(劳动，机器功率等)定值 2 tr. consider; regard as 认为，把…看作 I rate them among my benefactors 我把他们看作恩人 3 intr. (foll. by 后跟 as) rank or be rated 被列入特定级别；被评价 4 tr. Brit. [英]a subject to the payment of a local rate 将…划入应该纳地方税的项目 b value for the purpose of assessing rates 给…核定应缴税率(额) 5 tr. be worthy of, deserve 值得；应该得到 6 tr.a place (a film etc.) in a category relative to its suitability for viewing 根据适宜观看度给(影片等)定级 b Naut. place (a sailor) in a specified class (cf. 参见 RATING1 3) 【海】给(海员)定级 □ at any rate in any case, whatever happens 无论如何，不管怎么说 □ at this (or that) rate if this example is typical or this assumption is true 照这(那)种情况来看，如果是这(那)样 [Middle English via Old French and medieval Latin rata (from Latin pro rata parte or portione ‘according to the proportional share’) from ratus, past part. of rēri ‘reckon’] |