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- a position in a scale of achievement or status: a classification地位; 等级, 品类：
his world number-one ranking.
他世界第一的地位。
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- mass noun the action or process of giving a specified rank or place within a grading system等级评定：
the ranking of students.
学生的名次排定。
in combination
1- having a specified position in a scale of achievement or status拥有指明级别的：
high-ranking army officers.
高级军官。
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- attrib. N. Amer. having a high position in such a scale〈北美〉地位高的; 等级高的; 头等的; 杰出的：
two ranking PLO figures.
巴解组织两位高级人物。