| 单词 | rank |
| 释义 | noun | verb | adjective rankrank1 /ræŋk/ ●●● W3 noun 1POSITION IN ARMY/ORGANIZATION [countable, uncountable] the position or level that someone holds in an organization, especially in the police or armed forces: rank of officers below the rank of colonelhigh/senior/low/junior rank an officer of fairly high rank He had risen to the rank of major. He steadily rose through the ranks (=moved repeatedly to increasingly higher ranks) of the law firm. He was hauled before a court martial and stripped of his rank (=had his rank taken away from him).2MEMBERS the ranks a)the people who belong to an organization or group: rank of the ranks of the urban poorin/within the ranks of somebody/something The Republicans now face opposition from within their own ranks. A further 450 workers are due to join the ranks of the jobless. b)all the members of the armed forces who are not officers: He rose from the ranks to become a Field Marshal.3close ranks if the people in a group close ranks, they join together to support each other against other people, especially when there are problems4break ranks (with somebody) to stop supporting a group that you are a member of: Two Republicans broke ranks with the party to vote with Democrats.5pull rank (on somebody) to use your authority over someone to make him or her do what you want, especially unfairly: My boss never pulled rank on me.6of the first rank of the highest quality: an actor of the first rank7LINE [countable] a line of people or things: ranks of empty desks in the classroom The police broke ranks (=got out of their lines) and moved into the crowd.8SOCIAL CLASS [countable, uncountable] someone’s position in society: people of all ranks in society[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French renc, reng line, place, row] → see also rank and file noun | verb | adjective rankrank2 ●●● W3 verb 1a)[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to have a particular position in a list of people or things that are put in order of quality or importance: rank high/low/first/fourth etc. The team has ranked near the bottom of the NFL for two seasons.rank as something It ranks as one of the ten largest drug companies in the world.rank among somebody/something We rank among the safest countries in the world. → see also high-ranking, top-ranking b)[transitive] to decide the position of someone or something on a list, based on quality or importance: rank somebody/something fourth/number one etc. Mexico’s team is ranked 11th in the world.rank somebody/something in order (of something) It was hard to rank the students in order of ability.2[transitive] to have a higher rank than someone else SYN outrank: A general ranks a captain. noun | verb | adjective rankrank3 adjective 1[only before noun] complete SYN total: There were a few rank beginners in the class. rank hypocrisy2having a very strong and bad smell or taste: the rank odor of old sweat—rankly adverb—rankness noun [uncountable] |
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