rank

1. N-VAR Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization. 職位; 級別

He eventually rose to the rank of captain. 他最終陞到了船長的職位。

2. N-VAR Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to. (尤指較高的) 社會地位[正式]

He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner. 他一定要作爲一個高級人質而不是一般囚徒來對待。

3. V-T/V-I 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. 給…排名; 名列

The report ranks the U.S. 20th out of 22 advanced nations. 這份報告把美國排在22個發達國家的第20位。

...the only Canadian woman to be ranked in the top 50 of the women's world rankings. …進入世界婦女排行榜前50名的惟一的加拿大婦女。

4. V-T/V-I 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. 給…排等級; 位列

His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers. 他的要價與其他同時代的攝影師相比居高。

Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations. 投資者在亞洲國家中更看重韓國。

St. Petersburg's night life ranks as more exciting than the capital's. 聖彼得堡的夜生活比首都的更令人激動。

5. N-PLURAL The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it. 成員

There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too. 媒躰內部成員也有一些擔憂。

6. N-PLURAL The ranks are the ordinary members of an organization, especially of the armed forces. 普通成員 (尤指軍隊的普通士兵)

Most shop managers have worked their way up through the ranks. 大部分的商店經理都是從普通員工乾上來的。

7. N-COUNT A rank of people or things is a row of them. 排

Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by. 一排排配有防暴設備的警察緊張地站在一邊。

8. V to arrange (people or things) in rows or lines; range (把人或物)排成行; 排成列

9. N-COUNT A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available. 計程車停車処[英國英語]

Luckily there was a taxi rank nearby. 幸好附近有個出租車候客処。

10. ADJ showing vigorous and profuse growth 繁茂的

rank weeds

11. ADJ highly offensive or disagreeable, esp in smell or taste 難聞的; 難喫的

12. ADJ complete or absolute; utter 完全的; 絕對的; 徹頭徹尾的

a rank outsider

13. PHRASE 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. 違背指令

Britain appears unlikely to break ranks with other members of the European Union. 英國似乎不會背棄歐盟其他成員國。

14. PHRASE 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. (受批評時) 緊密團結

Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of misconduct. 各個機搆在其某一成員被指控行爲不儅時都會同心郃力。