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rank

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Related topics: Police, Military, Sociology, Motor vehicles
rank1 /ræŋk/ ●●● W3 noun
1  position in army/organization 軍隊/組織中的職位 [countableC, uncountableU]SCPPM the position or level that someone holds in an organization, especially in the police or the army, navy etc 等級；〔尤指〕軍銜，軍階
rank of
officers below the rank of Colonel
上校軍銜以下的軍官
He held (=had) the rank of Chief Inspector.
他的警銜是總督察。
rise to/be promoted to/attain the rank of something
During the war Harold had risen to the rank of major.
戰爭期間哈羅德晉升爲少校。
high/senior/low/junior rank
an officer of junior rank
低級軍階軍官
He was sentenced to prison and stripped of his rank (=had his rank taken from him).
他被判入獄，並且被剝奪了軍銜。
2  the ranks 
a) SSOPPGthe people who belong to a particular organization or group 〔組織或團體的〕成員
in/within ... ranks
There were splits in the party ranks on this issue.
在這個問題上黨内成員意見不一。
The Democrats now face opposition from within their own ranks.
民主黨現在面臨黨内成員的反對。
the ranks of
Most are recruited from the ranks of people who studied Latin and Greek at university.
招來的人大多在大學裏修讀過拉丁文和希臘語。
That summer I left school and joined the ranks of (=became one of) the unemployed.
那年夏天，我從學校畢業，加入了失業者的行列。
b) PMall the members of the army, navy etc who are not officers 普通士兵
He rose from the ranks to become a Field Marshal (=he became an officer after starting as an ordinary soldier).
他從普通士兵升到了陸軍元帥。
Examples from the Corpus
the ranks• With the onset of World War 11, the ranks were severely depleted, and the forest work camps were closed.• Bugs Bunny and other Warner cartoon characters wait to greet you, alongside the ranks of popcorn dispensers.• After the war, Gilroy rose quickly in the ranks.• The layoffs cut deep into the ranks of the city's health workers.• She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood!• Both received top scores on their university examinations and joined the ranks of scholars.• You found out that we're monitoring the ranks of the military, Academicians and priests.• The ships rode at anchor, their crews merely swelling the ranks of the spectators.• At that time a new dance director had risen through the ranks.• In addition to this, the bureaucratic leaderships do not facilitate bringing revolutionary Marxist educational mate rial to the ranks.
3  break ranks to behave in a way which is different from other members of a group, especially when they expect your support 〔與所屬團體〕決裂，叛離
break ranks with
He was the first to break ranks with Ceausescu and publicly criticise his policies.
他第一個和齊奧塞斯庫決裂，公開批評他的政策。
Examples from the Corpus
break ranks• Surprisingly, nine of the 31 Republicans in the Assembly broke ranks to vote with the Democrats.• 31 Republicans in the Assembly broke ranks to vote with Democrats.• The party has broken ranks, with five of its nine presidential hopefuls calling for a review of the revisions.• But I broke ranks with him.• The older sisters played too, although one broke ranks to play volleyball in her junior college days.• Moderate Assembly Republicans broke ranks with conservative members to defeat a GOP-sponsored bill that would have returned corporal punishment to the classroom.• This effort to head off support for the more costly Democratic bill failed to prevent 13 Republican senators breaking ranks.• As she approached, one of them broke ranks and went to stand over Edward, apparently addressing him.• The pairs of glassy eyes no longer corresponded, in death they broke ranks, each distended eye gone its own way.• Only then, in the shock of the open air at last, did we break ranks and go our separate ways.
4  line 行 [countableC] a rank of people or things is a line or row of them 〔人或事物的〕行，列，排
rank of
Silently, ranks of police edged closer to the crowds.
一隊隊警察悄無聲息地向人群靠近。
Everyone lines up in ranks, all facing the instructor.
大家都一排排站好，面朝教練。
rank after rank/rank upon rank (=a lot of things or people in a row) 一排又一排
On the shelves were rank after rank of liquor bottles.
架子上是一排排的酒瓶。
5  pull rank (on somebody) informal to use your authority over someone to make them do what you want, especially unfairly 〔尤指不公正地〕（對某人）運用權勢
You may just have to pull rank and tell them.
你也許就得用你的權威去讓他們知道。
Examples from the Corpus
pull rank (on somebody)• I do not enjoy pulling rank, but I do not tolerate unmanly gossip and back-biting.• He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven, leaving me on for the late-night drinks.• In the end, Naughtie pulled rank, and took on the task himself.• She never acted like an authority figure or pulled rank on me.• Vi had the situation under control but the chief could, and probably would, pull rank.
6  POSITION/RANKquality 質量 [singular] the degree to which something or someone is of high quality 等級；級别
While none of these pictures is of the first rank (=of the highest quality), some are of interest.
盡管這些都不是一流的照片，但有些還是很有趣的。
7  social class 社會階層 [countableC, uncountableU]SSPOSITION/RANK someone’s position in society 社會階層
people of all ranks in society
社會各階層的人
He came from a family of rank (=one from a high social class).
他來自上層家庭。
8  taxi 出租車 [countableC] (also taxi rank)TTCBBT a place where taxis wait in a line to be hired 出租車站
I called a taxi from the rank outside.
我在外面的出租車站叫了一輛出租車。
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n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
hold a rank
From 1 Dec 1914 to 31 Oct 1915 he held the rank of captain.
rise to/achieve/reach a rank (also attain a rank formal)
He rose to the rank of colonel.
be promoted to a rank
He was promoted to the rank of Captain.
be stripped of your rank (=have it taken from you as a punishment)
The officer was stripped of his rank for his part in affair.
adjectives
high/low/middle rank
Her father had been an army officer of fairly high rank.
senior/junior rank
He held a junior rank in the infantry.
cabinet/ministerial rank
As promised, a minister of cabinet rank has now been appointed to supervise its operation
Examples from the Corpus
rank• Applying the usual procedure to obtain this in another frame we obtain so that transforms as a rank 2 tensor.• So I goes to the cab rank, and gets up on the box.• The position of Secretary of State holds Cabinet rank.• This hot work, however, had left the Confederate ranks badly fragmented.• If anything, the past few days demonstrated even more turmoil in Democratic ranks.• She always wore rich fabrics and jewels, as befitted one of her rank.• Her rank, though high, did not meet the level protocol demanded of future empress.• They were all standing in ranks next to each other.• State your name, rank, and serial number.• He was obviously destined for the professional ranks and as I watched him I could see why.• But we have not been able to attract them into the professorial ranks in anywhere near the percentage they are getting degrees.• Gang members wear clothes or decorations that show the member's rank.• Four of the boys in Boy Scout Troop 611 reached the rank of Eagle Scout.• He joined the Los Angeles police department and was eventually promoted to the rank of lieutenant.• Now there is talk of recruiting blacks and Latinos, traditionally absent from the higher union ranks, to more prominent positions.
held ... rank• His father had held army rank and won a medal in the last war.• Kimmel held four-star rank and Short wore three stars on the day of the attack.• He also wore uniform but explained that he only held an honorary rank.
of the first rank• Washington has emerged as an actor of the first rank.• For Stewart, the Athens dispatches were a journalistic coup of the first rank.• John was a substantial magnate but, in terms of land held in hereditary right, not one of the first rank.
family of rank• You see, you said the girl would have to come from a family of rank.
rank2 ●●● W3 verb
1 
a) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, not in progressive]POSITION/RANK to have a particular position in a list of people or things that have been put in order of quality or importance 具有…等級[地位]
rank as/among
Today’s match ranks as one of the most exciting games that these two have ever played.
今天的比賽是雙方打得最精彩的比賽之一。
We rank among the safest countries in the world.
我們是世界上最安全的國家之一。
rank with/alongside (=be of the same importance or quality) 與…同樣重要；與…品質相當
Cuvier wanted to turn natural history into a science that would rank with physics and chemistry.
居維葉想把自然史變成和物理化學一樣重要的科學。
rank high/low
He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology.
他是20世紀化學技術先驅中極重要的一位。
b) [transitiveT]POSITION/RANK to decide the position of someone or something on a list based on quality or importance 確定…的地位[等級]
be ranked fourth/number one etc
Agassi was at that time ranked sixth in the world.
阿加西當時排名世界第六。
It is not always easy to rank the students in order of ability.
把學生按能力排名並非總是容易的。
2  [transitiveT] American EnglishAmEHIGH POSITION OR RANK to have a higher rank than someone else 級别高於 SYN outrank
A general ranks a captain.
上將的級别高於上尉。
3  [transitiveT]ARRANGE A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLE to arrange objects in a line or row 排列
There were several pairs of riding boots ranked neatly in the hall.
門廳裏整齊地擺放着幾雙馬靴。
Examples from the Corpus
rank• Connell, a Canadian ranked 73rd in the world, won the third set.• The following table shows some more recent Utopias, ranked according to date of publication.• Nevertheless, as the table shows, we rank among the safest countries in the world.• Sandoz ranks as one of the 10 largest drug companies in the world.• He ranks as one of the most gifted artists of all time.• The name Michael always ranks high on the list of the most popular boys' names.• The Rams have ranked near the bottom of the NFL for two seasons.• She was beaten by someone who was ranked only 200th in the world.• But Aetna ranked only satisfactory, as did CareAmerica.• What factors correlate with people who rank structure highly?• Volleyball Monthly ranked the team third in the nation.• The run-time application of syntactic information uses the transition matrices and the lexicon to rank the words in the lattice.
rank as/among• There were other people there, he had been demoted to the same rank as her many friends.• This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle.• It places Scott in the front rank as one of the world's most innovative Himalayan climbers.• The deal ranks as the biggest drug industry merger on record.• He is a Gentleman of fortune, and takes rank among the first in South Carolina.• Today, hour-long local news shows are the rule not the exception and rank among the stations' biggest revenue producers.• Five Pac-10 schools ranked among the top ten in the nation during the 1993-94 season.
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rank3 adjectiveadj
1  CTif something is rank, it has a very strong unpleasant smell 難聞的，臭的
rank smell/odour
the rank odour of sweat and urine
汗水和尿液的難聞味道
2  [only before noun]COMPLETE used to emphasize a bad or undesirable quality 十足的，完全的〔強調質量糟糕〕 SYN total
an example of this government’s rank stupidity
本屆政府極端愚蠢的實例
They make us look like rank amateurs (=not at all good or professional).
他們使我們看起來像是完完全全的外行。
3  HBPDLGrank plants are too thick and have spread everywhere 〔植物〕過於茂盛的，蔓生的
rank grass and weeds
蔓生的雜草
Examples from the Corpus
rank• The jute had an acrid smell that scooped up the rank aroma of moist earth as it leapt from the ground.• Her students range from rank beginners to professionals.• rank cheese• He also had a rank contempt for Desmond Morton.• Of course the rank darkness was different at sunrise or dusk.• rank hypocrisy
rank smell/odour• Everywhere was the rank smell of copra drying.• The rank odour of sweat and urine made him wince.• The strange, rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by.
From Longman Business Dictionary
rankrank1 /ræŋk/ noun [countableC]
1a particular level of job in an organization, especially a government organization or the army
His father retired with the rank of major.
Knight-Ridder named Maxwell King, 46, to succeed Mr. Roberts, but at a lower rank.
The companies have been trying to reduce the number of management ranks in a bid to be more cost-efficient.
2a particular position in a list that has been put in order of quality or importance
No US airline broke the top 10 rank (=no US airline was higher than 10th) in an airline survey released yesterday.
rankrank2 verb
1[intransitiveI] to have a particular position in a list that has been put in order of quality or importance
It ranks in the top 3% of all mutual funds.
2[transitiveT] to decide the position of something or someone in a list in order of quality or importance
The firm was ranked the number five underwriter of US bond and stock issues.
rank something as something
The real estate executives ranked the Northeast as the least attractive area for development.
Origin rank1
(1300-1400) Old French renc, reng “line, place, row”
 rank3
Old English ranc

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