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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Almodovar's film was given an X rating in the U.S.
NBC's new comedy had the highest television rating this season.
The President's approval rating rose to 78%.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And those high poll ratings, they argued, translate into more power in negotiations with Congress.
In the effort to bolster ratings at all costs, journalistic standards have been lowered.
Readers will doubtless already be well aware that the voltage ratings quoted for electrolytic capacitors are really quite important.
Similar factors explain newspaper ratings also.
Staying above the fray, he has gone about his duties and watched his approval ratings rise.
The five categories of fires, plus their efficiency ratings, are described below.
The other likely source for the differences in ratings is that subjects interpreted the normality task differently in the two situations.
With ratings down, however, the show last fall refocused on investigative reporting and celebrity interviews and stopped paying for stories.

WORD SETS► Film

animation, nounanimator, nounart director, nounart house, nounarts cinema, nounbiopic, nounblue movie, nounB-movie, nouncameo, nouncameraman, nouncartoon, nouncine-, adjectivecine-camera, nouncine-film, nouncinema, nouncinematic, adjectivecinematography, nounclip, nouncontinuity, nouncut, nouncutting room, noundirection, noundouble, noundouble bill, noundouble feature, nounepilogue, nounextra, nounfantasy, nounfarce, nounfeature, nounfeature film, nounfilm star, nounfilmstrip, nounflashback, nounflick, nounfootage, nounfreeze-frame, noungaffer, nounHollywood, home movie, nounhorror movie, nounimage, nounimagery, nounlip-synch, verblocation, nounlot, nounmatinée, nounmiscast, verbmotion picture, nounmovie, nounmoviegoer, nounmovie star, nounmovie theater, nounmoving picture, nounmultiplex, nounmusical, nounnarrator, nounnewsreel, nounoff-screen, adverbopening night, nounOscar, nounout-take, nounPG, nounpremiere, nounproject, verbprojection, nounprojectionist, nounprojector, nounprop, nounrating, nounreel, nounrelease, verbremake, nounremake, verbre-release, verbrerun, nounretake, nounrole, nounscreen, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounscreenplay, nounscreen test, nounscreenwriter, nounscriptwriter, nounset, nounshort, nounshot, nounshow, verbsilent, adjectiveslow motion, nounsoundtrack, nounspaghetti western, nounsplicer, nounsplit screen, nounstand-in, nounstill, nounstudio, nounstunt man, nounstunt woman, nountalkie, nountearjerker, nounTechnicolor, nountheatre, nountheme, noun3-D, adjectivetop-grossing, adjectivetrailer, nountravelogue, nounturkey, nounwestern, nounwhodunit, nounX, nounX-certificate, adjectiveX-rated, adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + rating► high

· His previous highest approval rating was 58 percent.

► low

· The rating he gave the restaurant was embarrassingly low.

► an approval/popularity rating

· His popularity rating remains high.

► a performance rating

· They received different pay increases even though their performance ratings were the same.

► a credit rating

(=how likely someone is to pay their debts)· We can’t give you the loan because you have a bad credit rating.

► a star rating

(=a number of star symbols that shows a level of quality etc)· Each restaurant is given a star rating.

verbs► give somebody/something a rating

· I'd only give this PC a rating of two out of five.

► receive/get/achieve/score a rating

· The Department of Computer Science received a top rating last year.

► a rating rises/climbs

· The president's approval ratings have risen considerably.

► a rating falls

· His rating fell to only 28%.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody’s credit rating

(=how likely a bank etc thinks someone is to pay their debts)· If you have a poor credit rating, you will have a hard time getting a mortgage.

► a poll rating

(=showing how popular someone is)· His poll ratings keep slipping.

► somebody's popularity rating

(=how popular someone is according to a poll)· His popularity rating dropped quite dramatically after the events of last year.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► average

· Data from the Groeger and Chapman study is presented as average ratings from 48 subjects, 24 male and 24 female.· Overall, the University's average rating has improved from 2.20 to 3.25.

► current

· This effectively gives a 6-0-6 volt transformer having a current rating of 250 milliamps.· Mains transformer T1 must have a generous current rating.· However, the current rating is the sum of the individual current ratings, or 500 milliamps in this case.· Replace any flexes that have damaged insulation with new flex of the correct type and current rating for the appliance concerned.· The current rating of the combined secondaries is the same as when they are used separately, 250 milliamps in this example.· This exceeds the transformer current rating.· Any alternative must be rated at least 40V working and have minimum ripple current rating of 5A.

► excellent

· State officials have always given the Mullens excellent ratings as foster parents.

► good

· But a good rating from the independent assessors can make all the difference.· Which is, of course, why funds with good ratings would buy them.· A Weakest Link special featuring EastEnders stars turned in the quiz show's best ever ratings.· However, Tejano Country began pulling in much better ratings than expected, Mr Porter said.· Headquarters at that time was recruiting big time and he had very good ratings.

► high

· Penzance must have a high rating in the doggy charts.· Republicans have been careful not to dismiss the proposals of a re-elected president enjoying high public approval ratings.· The notes are not backed by any collateral; rather, they rely on the high credit rating of the issuing corporation.· The highest temperature rating is in your brain.· Those who found the election campaign interesting gave personal conversations high ratings for all purposes.· He refused to lower his ethical standards for higher ratings.· Gaining one of the highest ratings in the area.· If right-wing radio talk show hosts get high ratings, they will be the ones on the air.

► low

· This is illegal as they have a lower speed rating than the vehicle requires.· Mr Major and his chancellor, Norman Lamont, still have the lowest poll ratings since the second world war.· Problems caused by using fuel with a too low octane rating.· Still, it kept civilians and lower ratings in their place to affect a certain degree of criticism.· Few voters gave her low ratings for being tough or decisive, and they were an unpredictable few.· There is a much simpler way to deal with low ratings.· However, they were preoccupied with their own internal squabbles and Michael Foot was scoring low personal ratings in the opinion polls.· They are an unsecured loan, generally to a borrower with a low credit rating.

► mean

· To test this possibility the data were split according to the mean ratings for the amount of moving objects in the film.· Data were then presented as rank-ordered products of the mean ratings.· Judgment Results: The overall mean speed rating was 4.26 and mean normality rating was 6.38.· Because subjects differ between the experiments the correlations calculated here are simply correlations over the 60 films of the mean ratings.

► overall

· Returns automatically become more volatile. Overall market ratings do not allow for one-off payments.· Each area is scored out of 10 and the company is thus given an overall rating out of 200.· Judgment Results: The overall mean speed rating was 4.26 and mean normality rating was 6.38.· Is this pattern illustrated for overall health rating?· Scrutiny of Figure 6.2 indicates that this pattern is replicated for overall health rating.· As with aspects of physical and mental health the population classification derived from overall health ratings is dependent upon the question asked.· How well does older people's overall rating of their health status compare with the prevalence of acute and chronic health problems?

► poor

· At worst, a poor rating can put a company out of business.· Both had poor ratings in a crowded marketplace, with almost two dozen syndicated talk shows scrapping for viewers every day.· Loaded with debt and poor credit ratings, the future of their juicy cash flows is in doubt.· You Bet Your Life, which has been screened on Channel 4, was dropped due to poor ratings.

► top

· The department's work has been given top ratings in both UGC/UFC research reviews.· Pyramid and Sequent score well, along with Siemens Nixdorf, in the top end performance ratings for mainframe Unix.

NOUN► agency

· The ratings agency cited the increased business risk profile of the company, which has reduced profitability.· Yet, ratings agencies count the obligation as equity, providing an advantage over traditional debt.

► approval

· The poll also gave a popular approval rating of 39 percent for the President, the lowest ever recorded by Bush.· Republicans have been careful not to dismiss the proposals of a re-elected president enjoying high public approval ratings.· His approval ratings may even go down.· He leaves office with near-record-high approval ratings despite widespread abhorrence at his personal behavior, pollsters say.· He leaves office with record approval ratings.· Clinton ventured to Capitol Hill Tuesday night enjoying the highest public approval ratings of his presidency.

► credit

· Stronger societies were taking over smaller and weaker ones, which resulted in a downgrading of the credit rating of the predator.· Its credit ratings are lower than those of its rivals as well.· The principles of credit rating are immutable, they insist; their credit opinions are never swayed by the judgments of others.· Ignore companies that claim to be able to repair your credit ratings.· Lists of customers or sub-contractors and associated information; for example, what services they perform, what their credit rating is.· The percentage loaned is again a function of the credit rating of the borrower and the quality of the accounts receivable.· The notes are not backed by any collateral; rather, they rely on the high credit rating of the issuing corporation.· A third major source of short-term financing, commercial paper, is available to large firms with high-quality credit ratings.

► performance

· Kubota claims performance ratings of between 200,000 and 1.2m shaded triangles per second and 350,000 to 2m three-dimensional vectors per second.· And it limited bumping to one career path and based it primarily on performance ratings, not seniority.· Pyramid and Sequent score well, along with Siemens Nixdorf, in the top end performance ratings for mainframe Unix.

► poll

· Mr Major and his chancellor, Norman Lamont, still have the lowest poll ratings since the second world war.· It is uncertain how the return of the public Gingrich will affect his poll ratings or those of his party.· He started talking about individuals' opinion poll ratings.· And those high poll ratings, they argued, translate into more power in negotiations with Congress.· They tackled their political, tactical and strategic problems swiftly and directly; and, incidentally, their poll ratings rose strongly.· Less than two years ago, at the end of the Gulf War, he had the highest poll rating of any President.

► popularity

· The president's popularity ratings are at a record low.

► power

· Their power ratings, in the 16-18 range prior to Sunday, may drop below 20.· In our Bench Tests, the machine performed adequately with a power rating of 3,725.

► risk

· The risk rating is a statistical measure of the probability of failure for companies with negative Z-Score.· The risk ratings come from Morningstar.· The risk ratings of recent failures are also provided in Table 1.· Accident estimates and risk ratings are strongly related for individual subjects.· The data for risk ratings and accident estimates were considered separately and are plotted in Figures 4.1 and 4.2 respectively.· One subject used a wide range of accident estimates but gave a risk rating of one at all 40 junctions.· The actual distribution of responses across the 20 possible risk ratings and 21 possible accident estimates is shown in Figure 3.2.· Above this point there is a dramatic increase in the probability of recall with increasing risk ratings.

► system

· This is supposed to include details of how a bank's internal ratings system is working.· We have decided to implement an MPAAlike ratings system for the television programs on Fox.· Brewers are now introducing the Alcohol by Volume rating system.· After all, the networks have resisted calls for a ratings system for more than 25 years.· Officials hope to have the ratings system in place by January 1997.· Officially, they maintained they are moving on a ratings system voluntarily.· The entertainment industry has vehemently objected to the V-chip and ratings system as tantamount to government censorship.· The first two dots to connect are the V-chip legislation and the ratings system.

VERB► cut

· Analysts cut their ratings on the bellwether technology stock: Morgan Stanley.

► give

· To explore this possibility subjects gave risk ratings for the stimuli after completing the main experiment.· State officials have always given the Mullens excellent ratings as foster parents.· As it's a beta version, it's tricky to give ClarisWorks a star rating.· Lowbrow tabloid readers gave PEBs high ratings for all three purposes.· Each area is scored out of 10 and the company is thus given an overall rating out of 200.· One subject used a wide range of accident estimates but gave a risk rating of one at all 40 junctions.· The department's work has been given top ratings in both UGC/UFC research reviews.

► increase

· When lead is added to petrol it improves a car's performance by increasing the octane rating.· Consultants are hired by stations to find ways to increase the ratings of news shows, and to do so quickly.· Above this point there is a dramatic increase in the probability of recall with increasing risk ratings.· Extra Training: Put any of your players through extra training to hopefully increase their skill rating.

► lower

· Sons, lowered their ratings on the stock because of slower-than-expected growth at new stores.· Southeastern hospitals generally have higher credit ratings than those in other regions, because they have newer facilities and lower costs.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the ratings

Critics say the ratings are too vague and are inconsistently applied.
Indecent films and photos the ratings slowly climb.
Several years ago, casino king Donald Trump almost lost his fiefdom when the ratings companies downgraded his bonds.
That has prompted investors to demand ratings from more issuers of debt and to take the ratings more seriously.
The overall count excludes newsmagazine programs and sports, which are exempt from the ratings.
To be fair, they aren't fighting in person, only in the ratings.
You all talk about the ratings of 25 years ago.

WORD FAMILYnounrateratingverbrateoverrate ≠ underrateadjectiveoverrated ≠ underrated

单词	rating
释义	ratingrat‧ing /ˈreɪtɪŋ/ ●●○ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Almodovar's film was given an X rating in the U.S. NBC's new comedy had the highest television rating this season. The President's approval rating rose to 78%. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And those high poll ratings, they argued, translate into more power in negotiations with Congress. In the effort to bolster ratings at all costs, journalistic standards have been lowered. Readers will doubtless already be well aware that the voltage ratings quoted for electrolytic capacitors are really quite important. Similar factors explain newspaper ratings also. Staying above the fray, he has gone about his duties and watched his approval ratings rise. The five categories of fires, plus their efficiency ratings, are described below. The other likely source for the differences in ratings is that subjects interpreted the normality task differently in the two situations. With ratings down, however, the show last fall refocused on investigative reporting and celebrity interviews and stopped paying for stories. word sets WORD SETS► Film animation, nounanimator, nounart director, nounart house, nounarts cinema, nounbiopic, nounblue movie, nounB-movie, nouncameo, nouncameraman, nouncartoon, nouncine-, adjectivecine-camera, nouncine-film, nouncinema, nouncinematic, adjectivecinematography, nounclip, nouncontinuity, nouncut, nouncutting room, noundirection, noundouble, noundouble bill, noundouble feature, nounepilogue, nounextra, nounfantasy, nounfarce, nounfeature, nounfeature film, nounfilm star, nounfilmstrip, nounflashback, nounflick, nounfootage, nounfreeze-frame, noungaffer, nounHollywood, home movie, nounhorror movie, nounimage, nounimagery, nounlip-synch, verblocation, nounlot, nounmatinée, nounmiscast, verbmotion picture, nounmovie, nounmoviegoer, nounmovie star, nounmovie theater, nounmoving picture, nounmultiplex, nounmusical, nounnarrator, nounnewsreel, nounoff-screen, adverbopening night, nounOscar, nounout-take, nounPG, nounpremiere, nounproject, verbprojection, nounprojectionist, nounprojector, nounprop, nounrating, nounreel, nounrelease, verbremake, nounremake, verbre-release, verbrerun, nounretake, nounrole, nounscreen, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounscreenplay, nounscreen test, nounscreenwriter, nounscriptwriter, nounset, nounshort, nounshot, nounshow, verbsilent, adjectiveslow motion, nounsoundtrack, nounspaghetti western, nounsplicer, nounsplit screen, nounstand-in, nounstill, nounstudio, nounstunt man, nounstunt woman, nountalkie, nountearjerker, nounTechnicolor, nountheatre, nountheme, noun3-D, adjectivetop-grossing, adjectivetrailer, nountravelogue, nounturkey, nounwestern, nounwhodunit, nounX, nounX-certificate, adjectiveX-rated, adjective Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + rating► high · His previous highest approval rating was 58 percent. ► low · The rating he gave the restaurant was embarrassingly low. ► an approval/popularity rating · His popularity rating remains high. ► a performance rating · They received different pay increases even though their performance ratings were the same. ► a credit rating (=how likely someone is to pay their debts)· We can’t give you the loan because you have a bad credit rating. ► a star rating (=a number of star symbols that shows a level of quality etc)· Each restaurant is given a star rating. verbs► give somebody/something a rating · I'd only give this PC a rating of two out of five. ► receive/get/achieve/score a rating · The Department of Computer Science received a top rating last year. ► a rating rises/climbs · The president's approval ratings have risen considerably. ► a rating falls · His rating fell to only 28%. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody’s credit rating (=how likely a bank etc thinks someone is to pay their debts)· If you have a poor credit rating, you will have a hard time getting a mortgage. ► a poll rating (=showing how popular someone is)· His poll ratings keep slipping. ► somebody's popularity rating (=how popular someone is according to a poll)· His popularity rating dropped quite dramatically after the events of last year. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► average · Data from the Groeger and Chapman study is presented as average ratings from 48 subjects, 24 male and 24 female.· Overall, the University's average rating has improved from 2.20 to 3.25. ► current · This effectively gives a 6-0-6 volt transformer having a current rating of 250 milliamps.· Mains transformer T1 must have a generous current rating.· However, the current rating is the sum of the individual current ratings, or 500 milliamps in this case.· Replace any flexes that have damaged insulation with new flex of the correct type and current rating for the appliance concerned.· The current rating of the combined secondaries is the same as when they are used separately, 250 milliamps in this example.· This exceeds the transformer current rating.· Any alternative must be rated at least 40V working and have minimum ripple current rating of 5A. ► excellent · State officials have always given the Mullens excellent ratings as foster parents. ► good · But a good rating from the independent assessors can make all the difference.· Which is, of course, why funds with good ratings would buy them.· A Weakest Link special featuring EastEnders stars turned in the quiz show's best ever ratings.· However, Tejano Country began pulling in much better ratings than expected, Mr Porter said.· Headquarters at that time was recruiting big time and he had very good ratings. ► high · Penzance must have a high rating in the doggy charts.· Republicans have been careful not to dismiss the proposals of a re-elected president enjoying high public approval ratings.· The notes are not backed by any collateral; rather, they rely on the high credit rating of the issuing corporation.· The highest temperature rating is in your brain.· Those who found the election campaign interesting gave personal conversations high ratings for all purposes.· He refused to lower his ethical standards for higher ratings.· Gaining one of the highest ratings in the area.· If right-wing radio talk show hosts get high ratings, they will be the ones on the air. ► low · This is illegal as they have a lower speed rating than the vehicle requires.· Mr Major and his chancellor, Norman Lamont, still have the lowest poll ratings since the second world war.· Problems caused by using fuel with a too low octane rating.· Still, it kept civilians and lower ratings in their place to affect a certain degree of criticism.· Few voters gave her low ratings for being tough or decisive, and they were an unpredictable few.· There is a much simpler way to deal with low ratings.· However, they were preoccupied with their own internal squabbles and Michael Foot was scoring low personal ratings in the opinion polls.· They are an unsecured loan, generally to a borrower with a low credit rating. ► mean · To test this possibility the data were split according to the mean ratings for the amount of moving objects in the film.· Data were then presented as rank-ordered products of the mean ratings.· Judgment Results: The overall mean speed rating was 4.26 and mean normality rating was 6.38.· Because subjects differ between the experiments the correlations calculated here are simply correlations over the 60 films of the mean ratings. ► overall · Returns automatically become more volatile. Overall market ratings do not allow for one-off payments.· Each area is scored out of 10 and the company is thus given an overall rating out of 200.· Judgment Results: The overall mean speed rating was 4.26 and mean normality rating was 6.38.· Is this pattern illustrated for overall health rating?· Scrutiny of Figure 6.2 indicates that this pattern is replicated for overall health rating.· As with aspects of physical and mental health the population classification derived from overall health ratings is dependent upon the question asked.· How well does older people's overall rating of their health status compare with the prevalence of acute and chronic health problems? ► poor · At worst, a poor rating can put a company out of business.· Both had poor ratings in a crowded marketplace, with almost two dozen syndicated talk shows scrapping for viewers every day.· Loaded with debt and poor credit ratings, the future of their juicy cash flows is in doubt.· You Bet Your Life, which has been screened on Channel 4, was dropped due to poor ratings. ► top · The department's work has been given top ratings in both UGC/UFC research reviews.· Pyramid and Sequent score well, along with Siemens Nixdorf, in the top end performance ratings for mainframe Unix. NOUN► agency · The ratings agency cited the increased business risk profile of the company, which has reduced profitability.· Yet, ratings agencies count the obligation as equity, providing an advantage over traditional debt. ► approval · The poll also gave a popular approval rating of 39 percent for the President, the lowest ever recorded by Bush.· Republicans have been careful not to dismiss the proposals of a re-elected president enjoying high public approval ratings.· His approval ratings may even go down.· He leaves office with near-record-high approval ratings despite widespread abhorrence at his personal behavior, pollsters say.· He leaves office with record approval ratings.· Clinton ventured to Capitol Hill Tuesday night enjoying the highest public approval ratings of his presidency. ► credit · Stronger societies were taking over smaller and weaker ones, which resulted in a downgrading of the credit rating of the predator.· Its credit ratings are lower than those of its rivals as well.· The principles of credit rating are immutable, they insist; their credit opinions are never swayed by the judgments of others.· Ignore companies that claim to be able to repair your credit ratings.· Lists of customers or sub-contractors and associated information; for example, what services they perform, what their credit rating is.· The percentage loaned is again a function of the credit rating of the borrower and the quality of the accounts receivable.· The notes are not backed by any collateral; rather, they rely on the high credit rating of the issuing corporation.· A third major source of short-term financing, commercial paper, is available to large firms with high-quality credit ratings. ► performance · Kubota claims performance ratings of between 200,000 and 1.2m shaded triangles per second and 350,000 to 2m three-dimensional vectors per second.· And it limited bumping to one career path and based it primarily on performance ratings, not seniority.· Pyramid and Sequent score well, along with Siemens Nixdorf, in the top end performance ratings for mainframe Unix. ► poll · Mr Major and his chancellor, Norman Lamont, still have the lowest poll ratings since the second world war.· It is uncertain how the return of the public Gingrich will affect his poll ratings or those of his party.· He started talking about individuals' opinion poll ratings.· And those high poll ratings, they argued, translate into more power in negotiations with Congress.· They tackled their political, tactical and strategic problems swiftly and directly; and, incidentally, their poll ratings rose strongly.· Less than two years ago, at the end of the Gulf War, he had the highest poll rating of any President. ► popularity · The president's popularity ratings are at a record low. ► power · Their power ratings, in the 16-18 range prior to Sunday, may drop below 20.· In our Bench Tests, the machine performed adequately with a power rating of 3,725. ► risk · The risk rating is a statistical measure of the probability of failure for companies with negative Z-Score.· The risk ratings come from Morningstar.· The risk ratings of recent failures are also provided in Table 1.· Accident estimates and risk ratings are strongly related for individual subjects.· The data for risk ratings and accident estimates were considered separately and are plotted in Figures 4.1 and 4.2 respectively.· One subject used a wide range of accident estimates but gave a risk rating of one at all 40 junctions.· The actual distribution of responses across the 20 possible risk ratings and 21 possible accident estimates is shown in Figure 3.2.· Above this point there is a dramatic increase in the probability of recall with increasing risk ratings. ► system · This is supposed to include details of how a bank's internal ratings system is working.· We have decided to implement an MPAAlike ratings system for the television programs on Fox.· Brewers are now introducing the Alcohol by Volume rating system.· After all, the networks have resisted calls for a ratings system for more than 25 years.· Officials hope to have the ratings system in place by January 1997.· Officially, they maintained they are moving on a ratings system voluntarily.· The entertainment industry has vehemently objected to the V-chip and ratings system as tantamount to government censorship.· The first two dots to connect are the V-chip legislation and the ratings system. VERB► cut · Analysts cut their ratings on the bellwether technology stock: Morgan Stanley. ► give · To explore this possibility subjects gave risk ratings for the stimuli after completing the main experiment.· State officials have always given the Mullens excellent ratings as foster parents.· As it's a beta version, it's tricky to give ClarisWorks a star rating.· Lowbrow tabloid readers gave PEBs high ratings for all three purposes.· Each area is scored out of 10 and the company is thus given an overall rating out of 200.· One subject used a wide range of accident estimates but gave a risk rating of one at all 40 junctions.· The department's work has been given top ratings in both UGC/UFC research reviews. ► increase · When lead is added to petrol it improves a car's performance by increasing the octane rating.· Consultants are hired by stations to find ways to increase the ratings of news shows, and to do so quickly.· Above this point there is a dramatic increase in the probability of recall with increasing risk ratings.· Extra Training: Put any of your players through extra training to hopefully increase their skill rating. ► lower · Sons, lowered their ratings on the stock because of slower-than-expected growth at new stores.· Southeastern hospitals generally have higher credit ratings than those in other regions, because they have newer facilities and lower costs. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the ratings Critics say the ratings are too vague and are inconsistently applied. Indecent films and photos the ratings slowly climb. Several years ago, casino king Donald Trump almost lost his fiefdom when the ratings companies downgraded his bonds. That has prompted investors to demand ratings from more issuers of debt and to take the ratings more seriously. The overall count excludes newsmagazine programs and sports, which are exempt from the ratings. To be fair, they aren't fighting in person, only in the ratings. You all talk about the ratings of 25 years ago. Word family WORD FAMILYnounrateratingverbrateoverrate ≠ underrateadjectiveoverrated ≠ underrated 1[countable] a level on a scale that shows how good, important, popular etc someone or something is: By the end of the year the prime minister’s approval rating (=how many people agreed with his policies) had fallen as low as 12 percent. → credit rating2the ratings a list that shows which films, television programmes etc are the most popular: CBS will end the series if it continues to drop in the ratings.3[singular] a letter that shows whether or not a film is suitable for children: ‘The Godfather’ had an X-rating when it was first shown.4[countable] British English a sailor in the navy who is not an officerCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + ratinghigh· His previous highest approval rating was 58 percent.low· The rating he gave the restaurant was embarrassingly low.an approval/popularity rating· His popularity rating remains high.a performance rating· They received different pay increases even though their performance ratings were the same.a credit rating (=how likely someone is to pay their debts)· We can’t give you the loan because you have a bad credit rating.a star rating (=a number of star symbols that shows a level of quality etc)· Each restaurant is given a star rating.verbsgive somebody/something a rating· I'd only give this PC a rating of two out of five.receive/get/achieve/score a rating· The Department of Computer Science received a top rating last year.a rating rises/climbs· The president's approval ratings have risen considerably.a rating falls· His rating fell to only 28%.
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