rank
noun
verb
adj
ræŋk noun
1
POSITION IN ARMY/ORGANIZATION
军队/组织中的职位
the position or level that someone holds in an organization, especially in the police or the army, navy etc 等级;〔尤指〕军衔，军阶 C,U
[+ of ]
officers below the rank of Colonel
上校军衔以下的军官
He held (=had) the rank of Chief Inspector.
他的警衔是总督察。
rise to/be promoted to/attain the rank of sth
During the war Harold had risen to the rank of major.
在战争中哈罗德晋升为少校。
high/senior/low/junior rank
an officer of junior rank
低级军阶军官
He was sentenced to prison and stripped of his rank (=had his rank taken from him) .
他被判入狱，并且被剥夺了军衔。
2
the ranks
a. the people who belong to a particular organization or group b. all the members of the army, navy etc who are not officers 普通士兵
in/within … ranks
There were splits in the party ranks on this issue.
在这个问题上党内成员意见不一。
The Democrats now face opposition from within their own ranks.
民主党现在面临着党内成员的反对。
[+ of ]
Most are recruited from the ranks of people who studied Latin and Greek at university.
大多数人是从在大学里修读拉丁文和希腊语的人中招来的。
That summer I left school and joined the ranks of (=became one of) the unemployed.
那年夏天，我从学校毕业，加入了失业者的行列。
He rose from the ranks to become a Field Marshal (=he became an officer after starting as an ordinary soldier) .
他从普通士兵升到了陆军元帅。
3
break ranks
to behave in a way which is different from other members of a group, especially when they expect your support 〔与所属团体〕决裂，叛离
[+ with ]
He was the first to break ranks with Ceausescu and publicly criticise his policies.
他第一个和齐奥塞斯库决裂，公开批评他的政策。
4
LINE
行
a rank of people or things is a line or row of them 〔人或事物的〕行，列，排 C
[+ of ]
Silently, ranks of police edged closer to the crowds.
一队队警察悄无声息地向人群靠近。
Everyone lines up in ranks, all facing the instructor.
大家都面朝教练一排排站好。
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 sb)
to use your authority over someone to make them do what you want, especially unfairly [非正式] 〔尤指不公正地〕（对某人）运用权势 informal
You may just have to pull rank and tell them.
你也许得用你手中的权力去告诉他们。
6
QUALITY
质量
the degree to which something or someone is of high quality 等级; 级别 singular 单数
While none of these pictures is of the first rank (=of the highest quality) , some are of interest.
尽管这些都不是一流的照片，但有些还是很有趣的。
7
SOCIAL CLASS
社会阶层
someone’s position in society 社会阶层 C,U
people of all ranks in society
社会各阶层的人
He came from a family of rank (=one from a high social class) .
他来自上等阶层。
8
TAXI
出租车
also 又作 a place where taxis wait in a line to be hired 出租车站 C
I called a taxi from the rank outside.
我在外面的出租车站叫了一辆出租车。
verb
9 a. to have a particular position in a list of people or things that have been put in order of quality or importance b. to decide the position of someone or something on a list based on quality or importance 确定…的地位 （等级） I always + adv/prep, not in progressive 不用进行式 T
[+ as/among ]
Today’s match ranks as one of the most exciting games that these two have ever played.
今天的比赛是这两支球队打得最精彩的比赛之一。
We rank among the safest countries in the world.
我们是世界上最安全的国家之一。
[+ with/ alongside ] (be of the same importance or quality) 与…齐名
Cuvier wanted to turn natural history into a science that would rank with physics and chemistry.
居维叶想把自然历史变成和物理化学一样重要的科学。
rank high/low
He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology.
他是二十世纪化学技术先驱中极重要的一位。
be ranked fourth/number one etc
Agassi was at that time ranked sixth in the world.
阿加西当时排名世界第六。
It is not always easy to rank the students in order of ability.
把学生按能力排名并非总是容易的。
10 to have a higher rank than someone else [美] 级别高于; T | AmE
A general ranks a captain.
上将的级别高于上校。
11 to arrange objects in a line or row 排列 T
There were several pairs of riding boots ranked neatly in the hall.
门厅里整齐地排列着几双马靴。
adj
12 if something is rank, it has a very strong unpleasant smell 难闻的，臭的
rank smell/odour
the rank odour of sweat and urine
汗水和小便的臭味
13 used to emphasize a bad or undesirable quality 十足的，完全的〔强调质量糟糕〕; only before noun 仅用于名词前
an example of this government’s rank stupidity
这届政府极端愚蠢的实例
They make us look like rank amateurs (=not at all good or professional) .
他们使我们看起来完全像是门外汉。
14 rank plants are too thick and have spread everywhere 〔植物〕过于茂盛的，蔓生的
rank grass and weeds
蔓生的杂草