ranks
Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization.
He eventually rose to the rank of captain.
他最终升到了船长的职位。
Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to.
He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner.
他一定要被当作一个高级人质而不是一般囚徒来对待。
The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it.
There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too.
媒体内部成员也有一些担忧。
The ranks are the ordinary members of an organization, especially of the armed forces.
Most shop managers have worked their way up through the ranks.
大部分的商店经理都是从普通员工干起,一步步升上来的。
A rank of people or things is a row of them.
Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by.
一排排配有防暴装备的警察紧张待命。
A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available.
break ranks
If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
Britain appears unlikely to break ranks with other members of the European Union.
英国似乎不会背弃欧盟其他成员国。
close ranks
If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of misconduct.
各个机构在其中某一成员被指控玩忽职守时往往会抱成一团。
ranks , ranking , ranked
If an official organization ranks someone or something 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example, they calculate that the person or thing has that position on a scale. You can also say that someone or something ranks 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example.
The report ranks the US 20th out of 22 advanced nations.
这份报告把美国排在22个发达国家的第20位。
the only Canadian woman to be ranked in the top 50 of the women's world rankings.
进入世界妇女排行榜前50名的惟一的加拿大妇女。
If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale, you are saying how good or important you think they are.
His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers.
他的要价在其他同时代的摄影师中是比较高的。
Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations.
投资者在亚洲国家中更看重韩国。
St Petersburg's night life ranks as more exciting than the capital's.
圣彼得堡的夜生活比首都的更令人兴奋。