[] () a measurement of the ability of a government or an organization to pay its debts and interest on them; the process of estimating this债务评级◆The company's debt rating has been downgraded to ‘junk’ status.这公司的债务评级已降至“垃圾”级。◆a debt-rating agency债务评级机构SYNcredit rating ⨁to cut / downgrade / lower / raise / upgrade a debt rating降低／提高债务评级⨁to be given / have a debt rating进行债务评级