rate
柯林斯词典
1. N a quantity or amount considered in relation to or measured against another quantity or amount 比率
a rate of 70 miles an hour
2. N-COUNT The rate at which something happens is the speed with which it happens. 速度; 速度
The rate at which hair grows can be agonizingly slow. 头发生长的速度可以慢得令人苦恼。
3. N-COUNT The rate at which something happens is the number of times it happens over a period of time. 频率
New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week. 饮食方面的新书以几乎每周一本的频率出版。
4. N-COUNT A rate is the amount of money that is charged for goods or services. 价格
A special weekend rate is available from mid-November. 周末特价从11月中旬就有了。
5. →see also exchange rate
6. N-COUNT The rate of taxation or interest is the amount of tax or interest that needs to be paid. It is expressed as a percentage of the amount that is earned, gained as profit, or borrowed. 税率; 利率[商业]
The government insisted that it would not be panicked into interest rate cuts. 政府坚持说它不会因恐慌而降低利率。
7. V-T/V-I If you rate someone or something as good or bad, you consider them to be good or bad. You can also say that someone or something rates as good or bad. 评价; 被评价[no cont]
Of all the men in the survey, they rate themselves the least fun-loving and the most responsible. 在所有参与调查的人中,他们认为自己是最不喜欢玩乐而最负责任的人。
Most rated it a hit. 大部分人认为那是一次辉煌的成功。
We rate him as one of the best. 我们认为他是最优秀者之一。
8. V-T PASSIVE If someone or something is rated at a particular position or rank, they are calculated or considered to be in that position on a list. 被评定为; 被看作[no cont]
He is generally rated the country's No. 3 industrialist. 他被大家普遍看成该国的第3大实业家。
9. V-T If you say that someone or something rates a particular reaction, you mean that this is the reaction you consider to be appropriate. 值得[no cont]
This is so extraordinary, it rates a medal and a phone call from the president. 这太了不起了,应该颁发一枚奖章并接受总统的电话祝贺。
10. V to scold or criticize severely; rebuke harshly 训斥; 责骂
11. →see also rating
12. PHRASE You use at any rate to indicate that what you have just said might be incorrect or unclear in some way, and that you are now being more precise. 无论如何
His friends liked her – well, most of them at any rate. 他的朋友们很喜欢她– 嗯,无论如何大部分是这样的。
13. PHRASE If you say that at this rate something bad or extreme will happen, you mean that it will happen if things continue to develop as they have been doing. 照这样下去
At this rate they'd be lucky to get home before eight-thirty or nine. 照这样下去,他们能在8:30或9:00前到家就很走运了。
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rate /reɪt/ (rating,rated,rates)
剑桥词典
- Over the last year , the rate of inflation has crept up to almost 7 percent .
- The success rate was abnormally high.
- We'll be lucky if we get there by midnight at this rate.
- The city's most shocking statistic is its high infant mortality rate.
- The survey found no correspondence between crime and unemployment rates.
- The new phone rates will affect all consumers including businesses .
- The lower tax rate is particularly advantageous to poorer families .
- Our expectations are that the UK will cut its interest rate.
- We charge a flat rate of $25 per hour .
- The hotel has a special discount rate for newlyweds .
rate noun [C] (MEASURE)
the speed at which something happens or changes , or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a particular period率,比率;速率;速度;进度
Although she's recovering from her illness , her rate of progress is quite slow . 尽管病情正在好转,但她康复的速度仍很慢。
I told my assistants to work at their own rate. 我告诉我的助手们按照他们自己的进度工作。
The taxi was going at a tremendous rate. 出租车飞速奔驰。
the growth /inflation /mortality /unemployment , etc. rate 增长率/通货膨胀率/死亡率/失业率等
The drug has a high success /failure rate. 这种药物治疗疾病的成功率/失败率很高。
例句
rate noun [C] (PAYMENT)
an amount or level of payment价格;费用
We agreed a rate with the painter before he started work . 开工前,我们和油漆工谈好了工钱。
What's the going (= standard ) rate for this type of work ? 这种工作一般酬金是多少?
Do you pay your mortgage on a fixed or variable rate (= of interest )? 你怎样还抵押贷款,是定额偿付还是不定额偿付?
例句
rate noun [C] (TAX)
rates [ 名词的复数形式 ]a local tax paid in Australia , and in Britain in the past, by the owners of houses and other buildings
(澳大利亚以及旧时英国的)房产税,房地产税
习语
at a rate of knotsat any rate
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