新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

rank

英  [ræŋk]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • ranks

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 职位 , 级别

    Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization.

    双语例句

    例:

    He eventually rose to the rank of captain.

    他最终升到了船长的职位。

    2[C, U 有变体名词] (尤指较高的)社会地位

    Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    3[PL 复数] 成员

    The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it.

    双语例句

    例:

    There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too.

    媒体内部成员也有一些担忧。

    4[PL 复数] 普通成员(尤指军队的普通士兵)

    The ranks are the ordinary members of an organization, especially of the armed forces.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    5[C 可数名词]

    A rank of people or things is a row of them.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    6[C 可数名词] 计程车停车处

    A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available.

    PHRASE. 习语
  • break ranks

    1违背指令

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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

    1(受批评时)紧密团结

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    VERB. 动词
  • ranks , ranking , ranked

    1[I 不及物动词] 给…排名 , 名列

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    例:

    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。

    2[I 不及物动词] 给…排等级 , 位列

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    例:

    Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations.

    投资者在亚洲国家中更看重韩国。

    例:

    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。