[uncountable, countable] the position, especially a high position, that sb has in an organization（尤指较高的）地位，级别◆He holds the rank of chief executive.他担任总裁的职务。◆Promotion will mean that I'm immediately above him in rank.升职后我会比他高一级。◆Most of their management ranks were filled by business school graduates.他们大部分的管理职位由商学院毕业的人担任。  ➡  ranking ⨁a low / high / middle / top rank低／高／中等／最高级别 ⨁ executive / junior / management / senior ranks行政／初级／管理／高级职位 [singular] the position that sb/sth has in a list arranged according to quality or importance等级；级别◆a business park of the first rank一流的商业园◆The new company will be in the top rank of financial institutions.这家新公司将跻身于一流金融机构的行列。⨁the first / second rank一／二流 ⨁ the bottom / top rank最差；一流 the ranks [plural] the members of a particular group or organization（团体或组织的）成员◆joining the growing ranks of the unemployed加入到日益壮大的失业人员队伍里◆Most of the candidates came from within the company's ranks.大部分的候选人来自公司内部。 ●break ˈranksif members of a group or an organization break ranks, they refuse to support the group不支持所属团体（或组织）