1 [C,U] the position, especially a high position, that sb has in an organization such as the army, or in society (军队、社会等中的)地位,阶级(尤指高级职位):
General is one of the highest ranks in the army.将军是军队中最高级的军阶之一。She's much higher in rank than I am.她的级别比我高许多。
2 [C] a group or line of things or people 一组,一列,一排(事物或人):
a taxi rank一列出租车
3the ranks [pl] the ordinary soldiers in the army; the members of any large group (军队的)普通士兵;(群体的)成员:
At the age of 43, he was forced to join the ranks of the unemployed.43岁的时候,他被逼加入失业大军。
the rank and file the ordinary soldiers in the army; the ordinary members of an organization (军队的)普通士兵;(组织的)普通成员
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[I,T] rank (sb/sth) (as sth) (not used in the continuous tenses 不用于进行时) to give sb/sth a particular position on a scale according to importance, quality, success, etc; to have a position of this kind 评定等级;名列;位居 ·
She's ranked as one of the world's top players.她被列为世界顶尖选手之一。 [I] a high-ranking police officer高级警官