rank是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a position in an organization, such as the army, showing the importance of the person having it -- 職位；官階；軍銜

  • senior/high/junior/low rank 高／低級職位

  • He has just been promoted to the rank of captain. 他剛被提升為上尉。

  • Ministers of cabinet rank receive a higher salary than other ministers. 進入內閣的部長比其他部長的薪金高。

  • Having a large income is one of the advantages of rank (= high position). 職位級別高的好處之一就是收入高。

  • He's in the front/first rank of (= one of the best) international tennis players. 他是世界一流的網球運動員。

  • Consumer preferences were placed in rank order from 1 to 5. 顧客對產品的喜好程度從一到五劃分級別。

  • Party ranks have swelled by nearly 300,000. 黨員人數已經增加了將近30萬人。

  • Marty has joined the ranks of the (= become) unemployed. 馬蒂也成了失業大軍中的一員。

  • The party leadership seems to be losing support in the ranks. 該黨的領導層好像在失去廣大黨員的支持。

  • He rose through the ranks to become a general. 他從普通士兵成長為一名將軍。

  • He joined the company in 2008 and has been rising through the ranks ever since. 他於2008年進入公司，從那以後步步高升。

• 1 a row, especially of people or things standing side by side -- （尤指並排站立的）行，列，排

  • The front rank of the riot squad raised their shields. 前排的防暴隊員舉起了盾牌。

  • literary We could see nothing for miles but serried ranks (= many close rows) of fir trees. 數英里範圍內，映入眼簾的只有一排排密密叢叢的冷杉樹。

  • There were no taxis at the taxi/cab rank. 計程車候車站上沒有計程車。

• 2 (especially of something bad) complete or extreme -- （尤指壞事）完全的，十足的，極端的

  • It was rank stupidity to drive so fast on an icy road. 在結冰的路面上把車開得這樣快簡直是愚蠢透頂。

  • The horse that won the race was a rank outsider. 贏得比賽的那匹馬原來看上去根本沒希望獲勝。

• 3 used to describe plants that grow too fast or too thickly, or an area covered by these -- （植物）瘋長的，蕪生蔓長的；（地方）長滿（雜草）的

  • The abandoned garden was rank with weeds. 荒廢的花園裡雜草叢生。

• 4 smelling strong and unpleasant -- 難聞的；惡臭的；腥臭的

  • His clothes were rank with sweat. 他的衣服一股汗臭味。

• 5 to have a position higher or lower than others, or to be considered to have such a position -- 具有…的地位（或等級）；把…分等級；確定…的地位（或等級）

  • A captain ranks (= has a position) above a lieutenant. 上尉的軍階比中尉高。

  • My entry was ranked third in the flower show. 在花展中，我送去參賽的花獲得了第三名。

  • She ranked the bottles in order of size along the shelf. 她把瓶子按大小順序擺放在架子上。

  • In my opinion, he ranks among the theatre's greatest actors. 我認為他是戲劇界最優秀的演員之一。

  • 2012 must rank as (= be) the most difficult year for Europe since the 30s. 2012年絕對是歐洲自30年代以來最困難的一年。