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🔑 rankBrE /ræŋk/NAmE /ræŋk/ noun➤position in organization/army, etc. 级别🔑 [U, C] the position, especially a high position, that sb has in a particular organization, society, etc. （尤指较高的）地位，级别◆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。 ➡ see also ranking noun (1) 🔑 [C, U] the position that sb has in the army, navy, police, etc. 军衔；军阶；警衔◆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。the ranks [pl.] the position of ordinary soldiers rather than officers 普通士兵◆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。➤quality 质量 [sing.] the degree to which sb/sth is of high quality 等级；级别◆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。➤members of group 成员the ranks [pl.] the members of a particular group or organization （团体或组织的）成员◆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的分歧。➤line/row 行；列 [C] a line or row of soldiers, police, etc. standing next to each other （警察、士兵等的）队列，行列◆They watched as ranks of marching infantry passed the window. 他们看着步兵列队从窗前走过。 [C] a line or row of people or things 排；行；列◆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。 ➡ see also taxi rank ➤in statistics [C] (statistics 统计) a number that gives the position of a member of a set of numbers ●break ˈranks(of soldiers, police, etc. 士兵、警察等) to fail to remain in line 掉队；未保持队形(of the members of a group 成员) to refuse to support the group or the organization of which they are members 不支持所属团体（或组织）●close ˈranksif a group of people close ranks, they work closely together to defend themselves, especially when they are being criticized （尤指受到批评时）抱团，携手合作◆It's not unusual for the police to close ranks when one of their officers is being investigated. 在一位警员受到调查时，警察抱团的事并不罕见。if soldiers close ranks, they move closer together in order to defend themselves （士兵）成密集队形，相互靠拢●pull ˈrank (on sb)to make use of your place or status in society or at work to make sb do what you want 凭借地位指使（某人）；弄权 🔑 rankBrE /ræŋk/NAmE /ræŋk/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they rank BrE /ræŋk/ NAmE /ræŋk/present simple - he / she / it ranks BrE /ræŋks/ NAmE /ræŋks/past simple ranked BrE /ræŋkt/ NAmE /ræŋkt/past participle ranked BrE /ræŋkt/ NAmE /ræŋkt/past simple ranking BrE /ˈræŋkɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈræŋkɪŋ/past participle ranking BrE /ˈræŋkɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈræŋkɪŋ/ () ➤give position 分等级🔑 [T, I] to give sb/sth a particular position on a scale according to quality, importance, success, etc.; to have a position of this kind 把…分等级；属于某等级◆~ sb/sth (+ adv./prep.) 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◆~ sb/sth as sthVoters 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。◆~ sb/sth + nounThe 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。◆~ as sthIt certainly doesn't rank as his greatest win. 这肯定算不上他最大的胜利。◆(+ adv./prep.) 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。◆(NAmE) You just don't rank (= you're not good enough). 你还不够级别。➤put in line/row 排列；排成行 [T, usually passive] ~ sthto arrange objects in a line or row 排列；使排成行 🔑 rankBrE /ræŋk/NAmE /ræŋk/ adjectivehaving a strong unpleasant smell 难闻的；恶臭的◆The house was full of the rank smell of urine. 这屋子里到处有一股尿的臊味。(informal) very unpleasant 非常糟糕的◆I think the whole situation's pretty rank.我认为整个情况很糟糕。 [only before noun] used to emphasize a particular quality, state, etc. （强调质量、状况等）极端的，糟糕的◆an example of rank stupidity 极端愚蠢的例子◆The winning horse was a rank outsider. 获胜的这匹马，本来谁也没指望它能获胜。(of plants, etc. 植物) growing too thickly 疯长的 |