| 单词 | rate |
| 释义 | rate (once / 38 pages) nv When you pay a high rate, you pay a lot of money. When you move at a high rate of speed, you go fast. If you are a judge at a contest, you rate the contestants. It's interesting how one word can have different origins for different meanings. For example, the noun rate, referring to amounts comes from the Latin rata, “a fixed amount.” But the verb rate seems to come from the Scandinavian rata, "to reject." If the person you are dating asks you to rate them against your previous partners, you might change the subject at a high rate of speed. WORD FAMILYrate: overrate, rateable, rated, rates, rating, rationed, underrate+/overrate: overrated, overrates, overrating/rateable: rateability, rateably/rating: ratings/underrate: underrated, underrates, underrating USAGE EXAMPLESBoth economies are improving, with lower policy rates likely to support valuations for 2017, it added. Reuters(Jan 03, 2017) Their offense is rated in the top 10, and their defense in the top two, per NBA.com. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) The project also seeks to correlate those outcomes with 123 social and economic factors such as government spending, proficiency in reading and rates of incarceration. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure the literacy rate the retention rate the dropout rate Hyper proportion the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole 2n amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5 Syn|Hypo|Hyper charge per unit pay rate, rate of pay amount of money received per unit time installment rate, payment rate, rate of payment, repayment ratethe amount of money paid out per unit time tax raterate used to calculate tax liability interest rate, rate of interestthe percentage of a sum of money charged for its use freight, freight rate, freightagethe charge for transporting something by common carrier depreciation rate, rate of depreciationthe rate at which the value of property is reduced; used to calculate tax deduction exchange rate, rate of exchangethe charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another excursion ratea reduced rate for a round-trip ticket footagea rate of charging by the linear foot of work done linage, lineagea rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted room ratethe rate charged daily for a hotel room time and a halfa rate of pay that is 1.5 times the regular rate; for overtime work bank discount, discount, discount rateinterest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan discount ratethe rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System base ratethe interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks prime interest ratethe interest rate on short-term loans that banks charge their commercial customers with high credit ratings usury, vigorishan exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest charge the price charged for some article or service 3n a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour the rate of change was faster than expected Hypo|Hyper acceleration (physics) a rate of increase of velocity deceleration(physics) a rate of decrease in velocity attrition rate, rate of attritionthe rate of shrinkage in size or number birth rate, birthrate, fertility, fertility rate, natalitythe ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year bits per second, bps(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem) crime ratethe ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year data ratethe rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality, mortality ratethe ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year dose ratethe quantity of radiation absorbed per unit time ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation ratethe rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation flow, flow rate, rate of flowthe amount of fluid that flows in a given time fluxthe rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface frequence, frequency, oftennessthe number of occurrences within a given time period GHz, Gc, gigacycle, gigacycle per second, gigahertz1,000,000,000 periods per second growth rate, rate of growththe rate of increase in size per unit time Hz, cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertzthe unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second inflation rate, rate of inflationthe rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis jerk(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration kHz, kc, kilocycle, kilocycle per second, kilohertzone thousand periods per second kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, km/h, kphthe ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours) MHz, Mc, megacycle, megacycle per second, megahertzone million periods per second THz, terahertzone trillion periods per second metabolic raterate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period miles per hour, mphthe ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours) gait, pacethe rate of moving (especially walking or running) heart rate, pulse, pulse ratethe rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health rate of returnthe amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost rate of respiration, respiratory ratethe rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health rev, revolutions per minute, rpmrate of revolution of a motor sampling rate(telecommunication) the frequency of sampling per unit time solar constantthe rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere spacingthe time between occurrences of a repeating event speed, velocitydistance travelled per unit time pace, tempothe rate of some repeating event words per minute, wpmthe rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing) audio, audio frequencyan audible acoustic wave frequency radio frequencyan electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared infrared, infrared frequencythe infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range angular acceleration(physics) the rate of change of the angular velocity of a rotating body angular velocity(physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute BMR, basal metabolic ratethe rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state wave numberthe reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave centripetal accelerationthe acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit cardiac outputthe amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time isometrythe growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same femoral pulsepulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin) radial pulsepulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist) ROI, return on invested capital, return on investment(corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid Nyquist rate(telecommunication) the lowest sampling rate that will permit accurate reconstruction of a sampled analog signal quick timea normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute double timea fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog airspeedthe speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying escape velocitythe minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field groundspeedthe speed of an aircraft relative to the ground hypervelocityexcessive velocity muzzle velocitythe velocity of a projectile as it leaves the muzzle of a gun peculiar velocityvelocity with respect to the local standard of rest radial velocityvelocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer c, light speed, speed of lightthe speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second steerageway(nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered terminal velocitythe constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity attendancethe frequency with which a person is present count per minute, counts/minutefrequency per minute sampling frequency(telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality ratethe death rate during the first year of life neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality ratethe death rate during the first 28 days of life M.M., beats per minute, bpm, metronome markingthe pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds channel capacitythe maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel neutron fluxthe rate of flow of neutrons; the number of neutrons passing through a unit area in unit time radiant fluxthe rate of flow of radiant energy (electromagnetic waves) magnitude relation, quantitative relation a relation between magnitudes 4n the relative speed of progress or change he works at a great rate Syn|Hypo|Hyper pace fastness, speed, swiftness a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens beata regular rate of repetition celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speedinessa rate that is rapid deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriednessa rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry sluggishnessthe pace of things that move relatively slowly fleetnessrapidity of movement immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousnessthe quickness of action or occurrence despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousnessthe property of being prompt and efficient promptitude, promptnessthe characteristic of doing things without delay haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitationoverly eager speed (and possible carelessness) execution speed(computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS graduality, gradualnessthe quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages leisurelinessslowness by virtue of being leisurely dilatoriness, procrastinationslowness as a consequence of not getting around to it temporal property a property relating to time 5v estimate the value of How would you rate his chances to become President? Gold was rated highly among the Romans Syn|Hypo|Hyper value revalue value anew appreciate, apprise, apprizeincrease the value of appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of 6v assign a rank or rating to The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide Syn|Hypo|Hyper grade, order, place, range, rank superordinate place in a superior order or rank shortlistput someone or something on a short list seeddistribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds reorderassign a new order to subordinaterank or order as less important or consider of less value prioritise, prioritizeassign a priority to sequencearrange in a sequence downgraderate lower; lower in value or esteem upgraderate higher; raise in value or esteem invert, reversereverse the position, order, relation, or condition of countermarchchange the order of soldiers during a march outclasscause to appear in a lower class evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 7v be worthy of or have a certain rating This bond rates highly Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) |
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