| [/reɪt; ret/] n 用法:
1 standard of reckoning obtained by expressing the quantity or amount of one thing in relation to another 比率; 率:
walk at a/the rate of 3 miles an hour 以每小时3英里的速度行走 *
produce cars at a rate of 50 a/per week 以每周50辆的速度生产汽车 *
the annual `birth/`marriage/`death rate 年出生[结婚/死亡]率 *
a high `pass/`failure rate, eg in an exam 高的及格[不及格]率 *
the ex`change rate/the rate of ex`change, ie the number of units of one currency given in exchange for one unit of another 兑换率. 用法:
2 measure of value, charge or cost 价值、 费用或价格的量度:
a ,first-,,second-, ,third-rate `job 一等、 二等、 三等的工作 *
postal, advertising, insurance, etc rates 邮资、 广告费、 保险费 *
a low/high hourly rate of pay 按小时收取的低[高]报酬 *
special reduced rate for children, students, etc 儿童、 学生等的特惠价格 *
Surveys offered at reasonable rates. 提供测定服务收费廉宜. *
What's the going (ie current) rate for baby-sitters? 请临时保姆的费用现在是多少? 用法:
3 speed of movement, change, etc; pace （运动、 变化等的）速度; 进度:
at a great, dreadful, steady, etc rate 以很高的、 惊人的、 稳定的...速度 *
His pulse-rate dropped suddenly. 他的脉搏突然放慢了. *
double the rate of production, development, etc 使生产、 发展等速度提高一倍 *
At the rate you work, you'll never finish. 按你这样的工作速度, 你绝对做不完. 用法:
4 (usu pl 通常作复数) (Brit) tax on land and buildings paid to local authorities （地方当局徵收的）房地产税:
set a rate of 66p in the pound, ie 66 pence for every pound of a property's value 规定按财产价值每英镑纳税66便士 *
an extra 5 on/off (ie added to/deducted from) the rates 在房地产税中增加[扣除]5英镑. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) at `any rate whatever may happen; in any case 无论如何; 不管怎样:
That's one part of the job done at any rate. 不管怎麽说, 这个工作已经做了一部分了. at a rate of `knots (infml) very rapidly 极快地. at `this/`that rate (infml) if this/that continues; doing things this/that way; if this/that is typical 照这样[那样]下去; 照这样[那样]做; 如果情况就是这样[那样]的话:
At this rate, we shall soon be bankrupt. 这样下去的话, 我们很快就要破产了. rate 2
[/reɪt; ret/] v 用法:
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.n/a] ~ sth at sth; ~ sb/sth as sth estimate the worth or value of sb/sth 评定某人[某事物]的价值:
(infml) I don't rate this play (ie think it is good) at all. 我认为这出戏一点都不好. *
What do you rate his income at? 你估计他的收入有多少? *
She is highly rated as a novelist. 她这位小说家受到很高的评价. 用法:
2 [Tn.pr] regard (sb/sth) as; consider 把（某人[某事物]）看成是; 认为:
Do you rate Tom among your friends? 你认为汤姆是你的朋友吗? 用法:
3 [esp passive 尤用於被动语态:
Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (at sth) (Brit) value (property) in order to assess rates (rate1 4) 核定（财产）的价值以确定应纳的税额:
a house rated at 500 per annum 按财产核定每年应纳税500英镑的房子.4 [La] rank or be regarded in a specified way 以某方式划分等级或对待:
That task rates low on my priority list. 那件事情并不是我的当务之急. 用法:
5 [Tn] (US infml) be worthy of (sth); deserve 有（某事物）的价值; 值得:
That joke didn't rate a laugh. 那笑话不值一笑. |