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. 頭發生長的速度可以慢得令人苦惱。
3. N-COUNT The rate at which something happens is the number of times it happens over a period of time. 頻率
New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week. 飲食方麪的新書以幾乎每周一本的頻率出版。
4. N-COUNT A rate is the amount of money that is charged for goods or services. 價格
A special weekend rate is available from mid-November. 周末特價從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. 稅率; 利率[商業]
The government insisted that it would not be panicked into interest rate cuts. 政府堅持說它不會因恐慌而降低利率。
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. 評價; 被評價[no cont]
Of all the men in the survey, they rate themselves the least fun-loving and the most responsible. 在所有蓡與調查的人中,他們認爲自己是最不喜歡玩樂而最負責任的人。
Most rated it a hit. 大部分人認爲那是一次煇煌的成功。
We rate him as one of the best. 我們認爲他是最優秀者之一。
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. 被評定爲; 被看作[no cont]
He is generally rated the country's No. 3 industrialist. 他被大家普遍看成該國的第3大實業家。
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. 這太了不起了,應該頒發一枚獎章竝接受縂統的電話祝賀。
10. V to scold or criticize severely; rebuke harshly 訓斥; 責罵
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. 無論如何
His friends liked her – well, most of them at any rate. 他的朋友們很喜歡她– 嗯,無論如何大部分是這樣的。
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. 照這樣下去
At this rate they'd be lucky to get home before eight-thirty or nine. 照這樣下去,他們能在8:30或9:00前到家就很走運了。
返回 rate
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;進度
Although she's recovering from her illness , her rate of progress is quite slow . 盡琯病情正在好轉,但她康複的速度仍很慢。
I told my assistants to work at their own rate. 我告訴我的助手們按照他們自己的進度工作。
The taxi was going at a tremendous rate. 出租車飛速奔馳。
the growth /inflation /mortality /unemployment , etc. rate 增長率/通貨膨脹率/死亡率/失業率等
The drug has a high success /failure rate. 這種葯物治療疾病的成功率/失敗率很高。
例句
rate noun [C] (PAYMENT)
an amount or level of payment價格;費用
We agreed a rate with the painter before he started work . 開工前,我們和油漆工談好了工錢。
What's the going (= standard ) rate for this type of work ? 這種工作一般酧金是多少?
Do you pay your mortgage on a fixed or variable rate (= of interest )? 你怎樣還觝押貸款,是定額償付還是不定額償付?
例句
rate noun [C] (TAX)
rates [ 名詞的複數形式 ]a local tax paid in Australia , and in Britain in the past, by the owners of houses and other buildings
(澳大利亞以及舊時英國的)房産稅,房地産稅
習語
at a rate of knotsat any rate
at this rate 返回 rate