rate1/ret; reIt/n [C]1 the number of times something happens over a period of time 比率﹐率: birth/unemployment/crime etc rate a country with a low birth rate 出生率低的国家2 a charge or payment that is set according to a standard scale 价格﹔费用: Workers are demanding higher rates of pay . 工人们在要求提高薪酬。What's the going rate (=the usual amount paid) for a piano teacher? 现在钢琴老师的收费行情是多少?high interest rates 高利率3 the speed at which something happens〔某事发生的〕速度: Our money was running out at an alarming rate (=very quickly). 我们的钱花得很快﹐速度惊人。4 at any rate spoken 【口】a) used when you are stating one definite fact in a situation that you are not certain about [ anyway ] 【口】反正﹐不管怎样〔用于提出不确定情况中的确定因素〕: He's planning to come. At any rate, I think that's what he said. 他打算要来。 反正﹐我认为他是这么说的。b) used to introduce a statement that is more important than what was said before [ anyway ] 无论如何﹐不管怎样: Well, at any rate, the next meeting will be on Wednesday. 好了﹐不管怎样﹐下一次会议将是在星期三。5 at this rate spoken used to say what will happen if things continue in the same way【口】照这[那]样发展下去﹐照这[那]种情形: At this rate, we’ll never finish on time. 照这种情形看﹐我们绝对无法准时完成。6 first-rate/second-rate/third-rate of good, bad, or very bad quality 一流/二流/三流的: a third-rate movie 一部三流电影EXCHANGE RATE
rate2v 1 [T] to think that someone or something is good, bad etc 对…作评估﹐评价: Johnson is rated one of the best basketball players in the world. 约翰逊被认为是世界上最优秀的篮球运动员之一。2 [I] to be considered good, bad etc 被认为﹐被评价为〔好﹑差等〕: +as That rates as one of the best meals I’ve ever had. 那顿饭是我吃过的最好吃的饭之一。