ranks

英 [ræŋks] 美 [ræŋks]

n.  (尤指较高的)地位,级别; 军衔; 军阶; 警衔; 普通士兵
v.  把…分等级; 属于某等级; 排列; 使排成行
rank的第三人称单数和复数



柯林斯词典

  1. N-VAR 等级;地位;级别
    Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization.
    1. He eventually rose to the rank of captain...
      他终于升职当上了船长。
    2. The former head of counter-intelligence had been stripped of his rank and privileges.
      反情报机构的前任长官被革职并剥夺了特权。
    3. ...officers of equivalent rank in the other branches.
      其他部门的同级官员
  2. N-VAR (尤指社会地位高的)阶级,地位
    Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to.
    1. Each rank of the peerage was represented...
      每个贵族阶级都有代表。
    2. He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner.
      必须把他当成高级人质来对待,而不能像对待普通囚犯那样。
  3. V-ERG 给…评级;给…评名次
    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.
    1. The report ranks the UK 20th out of 22 advanced nations...
      报告中把英国排在22个先进国家中的第20位。
    2. He was at the time ranked 10th in the world and had a regular place in the Swedish Davis Cup team...
      他那时世界排名第10,并且是瑞典戴维斯杯队的主力队员。
    3. The United States ranks 20th in its infant mortality rate.
      美国在婴儿死亡率方面排名第20。
    4. ...the only British woman to be ranked in the top 50 of the women's world rankings...
      女子世界排名前50位的唯一一个英国人
    5. Mr Short does not even rank in the world's top ten.
      肖特先生甚至没有进入世界前10名。
  4. V-ERG 列为;位居
    If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale or if you rank them high or low, you are saying how good or important you think they are.
    1. His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers...
      在当代摄影师当中,他的要价很高。
    2. Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations...
      在亚洲各国当中,投资者很看重韩国。
    3. St Peters-burg's night life ranks as more exciting than the capital's...
      圣彼得堡的夜生活比首都的更刺激。
    4. 18 per cent of women ranked sex as very important in their lives...
      18%的女性认为性在她们的生活中是很重要的。
    5. The Ritz-Carlton in Aspen has to rank as one of the most extraordinary hotels I have ever been to...
      不得不说,阿斯彭的丽兹·卡尔顿饭店是我所住过的最气派的酒店之一。
    6. Since the 1930s, cancer has always been ranked as the disease people are most concerned about.
      自从20世纪30年代以来,癌症一直被列为人类最关注的疾病。
  5. VERB 位列;名列
    If you say that someone or something ranks with a group of famous people or things, you mean that they are extremely good and should be included in that group.
    1. ...a performance of heroic calibre that must rank with the most memorable in international rugby...
      必被列为国际橄榄球赛中最令人难忘的一场荡气回肠的比赛
    2. As a novel, Nineteen Eighty-four hardly ranks with the greats.
      作为一部小说,《一九八四》很难被列为杰作。
  6. N-PLURAL (团体或组织的)全体成员;队伍
    The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it.
    1. There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too...
      媒体内部也存在一些疑虑。
    2. The General Assembly welcomed five new members to its ranks.
      联合国大会对5个新成员国的加入表示了欢迎。
    3. ...the growing ranks of companies building personal computers.
      越来越多的生产个人电脑的公司
  7. N-PLURAL 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.
    1. Top military leaders say there have been reports of demoralization in the ranks...
      最高军事指挥说有报告称士兵中出现了士气低落。
    2. Most store managers have worked their way up through the ranks.
      大多数商店经理都是由普通店员干起,一步步升上来的。
  8. N-COUNT (人或物组成的)排,列,行
    A rank of people or things is a row of them.
    1. Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by...
      一队队防暴警察紧张待命。
    2. She continued to smile at the ranks of cameras on their doorstep.
      她依旧对着门口的一排排照相机微笑着。
  9. N-COUNT 出租汽车候客处
    A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available for hire.
    1. The man led the way to the taxi rank...
      那人带路来到了出租汽车候客处。
    2. He walked towards the first taxi on the rank.
      他朝着停车处的第一辆出租车走去。
  10. in AM, use 美国英语用 stand

  11. ADJ (恶劣品质等)十足的,完全的
    You can use rank to emphasize a bad or undesirable quality that exists in an extreme form.
    1. He called it 'rank hypocrisy' that the government was now promoting equal rights.
      他把目前政府提倡平等权利的举措称为“彻头彻尾的伪善”。
  12. ADJ 臭气难闻的;(气味)令人恶心的
    You can describe something as rank when it has a strong and unpleasant smell.
    1. The kitchen was rank with the smell of drying uniforms.
      厨房内充斥着烘干制服的难闻气味。
    2. ...the rank smell of unwashed clothes.
      脏衣服所发出的臭味
  13. PHRASE (队伍、组织的成员等)违反指令,抗命
    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.
    1. 'Even the President's staunchest supporters have some issues where they simply must break ranks,' says Senator Lott...
      “即使是总统最忠实的拥护者在某些事情上也会不听指令,”参议员洛特说。
    2. Britain appears unlikely to break ranks with other members of the European Union.
      英国看起来不会与欧盟的其他成员反目。
  14. PHRASE (在受到批评时)捐弃嫌隙而携手合作,抱成一团
    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.
    1. Conservative MPs intend to put aside their differences over Europe and close ranks behind the Prime Minister...
      保守党下院议员打算暂且搁置他们在欧洲问题上的分歧,团结起来支持首相。
    2. Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of misconduct.
      当其中某成员被谴责失职时,机构往往会抱成一团。
  15. PHRASE 步…后尘;经历(他人)曾经历过的(尤指坏事)
    If you experience something, usually something bad, that other people have experienced, you can say that you have joined their ranks .
    1. Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed...
      上个月,有37万美国人加入了失业者的行列。
  16. PHRASE 成功可能性不大的参赛者
    If one of the people in a competition is described as a rank outsider, they are considered to have very little chance of winning.
    1. The rank outsiders, Cameroon, beat the defending champions, Argentina, by one goal to nil.
      本不被看好的喀麦隆队却以1比0击败了卫冕冠军阿根廷队。
  17. PHRASE 运用职权,滥用权力(压制他人)
    If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
    1. The Captain pulled rank and made his sergeant row the entire way.
      上校倚仗权势让他的中士划船划了一路。

双语例句

  1. Mobutu ascended through the ranks, eventually becoming commander of the army
    蒙博托出身行伍,通过一级级晋升,最终成为了陆军司令。
  2. Such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.
    这些人承受的压力往往小于那些职位仅次于他们的人。
  3. It urged the party to cleanse its own ranks of those found guilty of human rights violations
    它敦促该党清除那些被判侵犯人权罪的党员。
  4. The Party does not tolerate dissenters in its ranks.
    该政党不允许其成员中存在异见分子。
  5. Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers
    奖项已使政务委员会的低层官员们愤愤不平。
  6. He could not escape the massed ranks of newsmen.
    他没法躲开成群的记者。
  7. They married into the nobility and entered the highest ranks of state administration
    他们同贵族阶层联姻,进入了国家最高行政层。
  8. British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close.
    英国社会在20世纪30年代末期趋于保守和自闭。
  9. The report ranks the UK 20th out of 22 advanced nations
    报告中把英国排在22个先进国家中的第20位。
  10. The United States ranks 20th in its infant mortality rate.
    美国在婴儿死亡率方面排名第20。
  11. St Peters-burg's night life ranks as more exciting than the capital's
    圣彼得堡的夜生活比首都的更刺激。
  12. As a novel, Nineteen Eighty-four hardly ranks with the greats.
    作为一部小说,《一九八四》很难被列为杰作。
  13. There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too
    媒体内部也存在一些疑虑。
  14. Most store managers have worked their way up through the ranks.
    大多数商店经理都是由普通店员干起,一步步升上来的。
  15. Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by
    一队队防暴警察紧张待命。
  16. She continued to smile at the ranks of cameras on their doorstep.
    她依旧对着门口的一排排照相机微笑着。
  17. 'Even the President's staunchest supporters have some issues where they simply must break ranks,' says Senator Lott
    “即使是总统最忠实的拥护者在某些事情上也会不听指令,”参议员洛特说。
  18. Britain appears unlikely to break ranks with other members of the European Union.
    英国看起来不会与欧盟的其他成员反目。
  19. Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of misconduct.
    当其中某成员被谴责失职时,机构往往会抱成一团。
  20. Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed
    上个月,有37万美国人加入了失业者的行列。
  21. From an unlikely background he has risen rapidly through the ranks of government.
    虽然没有什么背景,但他在政府中的地位仍然迅速提高。
  22. There were rumblings of discontent within the ranks.
    士兵怨声载道。
  23. The world is full of scribblers. I don't intend to join their ranks.
    这个世上净是些蹩脚文人。我不想与他们为伍。
  24. A small group of neo-Nazis have infiltrated the ranks. We must weed them out as soon as possible.
    队伍中混入了一小撮新纳粹分子,我们必须尽快将其清除。
  25. A major ranks above a captain.
    少校军衔高于上尉。
  26. This area ranks first in the whole country for cotton output.
    这里的棉花产量为全国之冠。
  27. The enemy hidden in our ranks are of course much more dangerous than those acting in broad daylight.
    隐藏在我们队伍中的敌人当然要比明火执仗的敌人更加危险。
  28. The veteran worker ranks high in public love and esteem.
    那位老工人深受大伙的爱戴。
  29. She ranks as my junior in the clan.
    她的辈分比我小。