Sweden's rank in the report can largely be explained by its political quota system.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
In its2011-2012survey,the World Economic Forum ranked Sweden as the "rock star of the recovery"in the Washington Post,also leads the world in life satisfaction and happiness.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Guided by expert knowledge from a panel of science-focused career advisers, each trainee's self-assessment is used to rank a set of career trajectories(轨迹).
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
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N-VAR
等级;地位;级别
Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization.
例句
He eventually rose to the rank of captain...
他终于升职当上了船长。
The former head of counter-intelligence had been stripped of his rank and privileges.
反情报机构的前任长官被革职并剥夺了特权。
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N-VAR
（尤指社会地位高的）阶级，地位
Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to.
例句
Each rank of the peerage was represented...
每个贵族阶级都有代表。
He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner.
必须把他当成高级人质来对待，而不能像对待普通囚犯那样。
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V-ERG
给…评级;给…评名次
If an official organization ranks someone or something 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example, they calculate that the person or thing has that position on a scale. You can also say that someone or something ranks 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example.
例句
The report ranks the UK 20th out of 22 advanced nations...
报告中把英国排在22个先进国家中的第20位。
He was at the time ranked 10th in the world and had a regular place in the Swedish Davis Cup team...
他那时世界排名第10，并且是瑞典戴维斯杯队的主力队员。
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V-ERG
列为；位居
If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale or if you rank them high or low, you are saying how good or important you think they are.
例句
His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers...
在当代摄影师当中，他的要价很高。
Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations...
在亚洲各国当中，投资者很看重韩国。
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VERB
位列；名列
If you say that someone or something ranks with a group of famous people or things, you mean that they are extremely good and should be included in that group.
例句
...a performance of heroic calibre that must rank with the most memorable in international rugby...
必被列为国际橄榄球赛中最令人难忘的一场荡气回肠的比赛
As a novel, Nineteen Eighty-four hardly ranks with the greats.
作为一部小说，《一九八四》很难被列为杰作。
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N-PLURAL
（团体或组织的）全体成员;队伍
The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it.
例句
There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too...
媒体内部也存在一些疑虑。
The General Assembly welcomed five new members to its ranks.
联合国大会对5个新成员国的加入表示了欢迎。
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N-PLURAL
普通成员；（尤指军队的）普通士兵
The ranks are the ordinary members of an organization, especially of the armed forces.
例句
Top military leaders say there have been reports of demoralization in the ranks...
最高军事指挥说有报告称士兵中出现了士气低落。
Most store managers have worked their way up through the ranks.
大多数商店经理都是由普通店员干起，一步步升上来的。
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N-COUNT
（人或物组成的）排，列，行
A rank of people or things is a row of them.
例句
Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by...
一队队防暴警察紧张待命。
She continued to smile at the ranks of cameras on their doorstep.
她依旧对着门口的一排排照相机微笑着。
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N-COUNT
出租汽车候客处
A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available for hire.
例句
The man led the way to the taxi rank...
那人带路来到了出租汽车候客处。
He walked towards the first taxi on the rank.
他朝着停车处的第一辆出租车走去。
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ADJ
（恶劣品质等）十足的，完全的
You can use rank to emphasize a bad or undesirable quality that exists in an extreme form.
例句
He called it 'rank hypocrisy' that the government was now promoting equal rights.
他把目前政府提倡平等权利的举措称为“彻头彻尾的伪善”。
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ADJ
臭气难闻的；（气味）令人恶心的
You can describe something as rank when it has a strong and unpleasant smell.
例句
The kitchen was rank with the smell of drying uniforms.
厨房内充斥着烘干制服的难闻气味。
...the rank smell of unwashed clothes.
脏衣服所发出的臭味
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PHRASE
（队伍、组织的成员等）违反指令，抗命
If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
例句
'Even the President's staunchest supporters have some issues where they simply must break ranks,' says Senator Lott...
“即使是总统最忠实的拥护者在某些事情上也会不听指令，”参议员洛特说。
Britain appears unlikely to break ranks with other members of the European Union.
英国看起来不会与欧盟的其他成员反目。
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PHRASE
（在受到批评时）捐弃嫌隙而携手合作，抱成一团
If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
例句
Conservative MPs intend to put aside their differences over Europe and close ranks behind the Prime Minister...
保守党下院议员打算暂且搁置他们在欧洲问题上的分歧，团结起来支持首相。
Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of misconduct.
当其中某成员被谴责失职时，机构往往会抱成一团。
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PHRASE
步…后尘；经历（他人）曾经历过的（尤指坏事）
If you experience something, usually something bad, that other people have experienced, you can say that you have joined their ranks .
例句
Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed...
上个月，有37万美国人加入了失业者的行列。
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PHRASE
成功可能性不大的参赛者
If one of the people in a competition is described as a rank outsider, they are considered to have very little chance of winning.
例句
The rank outsiders, Cameroon, beat the defending champions, Argentina, by one goal to nil.
本不被看好的喀麦隆队却以1比0击败了卫冕冠军阿根廷队。
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PHRASE
运用职权，滥用权力（压制他人）
If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
例句
The Captain pulled rank and made his sergeant row the entire way.
上校倚仗权势让他的中士划船划了一路。
Noun
1. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another;
"the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"2. relative status;
"his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"3. the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army);
"the strike was supported by the union rank and file""he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"4. position in a social hierarchy;
"the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"5. the body of members of an organization or group;
"they polled their membership""they found dissension in their own ranks""he joined the ranks of the unemployed"Verb
1. take or have a position relative to others;
"This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"2. assign a rank or rating to;
"how would you rank these students?""The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"3. take precedence or surpass others in rank
Adjective
1. very fertile; producing profuse growth;
"rank earth"2. very offensive in smell or taste;
"a rank cigar"3. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;
"a crying shame""an egregious lie""flagrant violation of human rights""a glaring error""gross ineptitude""gross injustice""rank treachery"4. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
"absolute freedom""an absolute dimwit""a downright lie""out-and-out mayhem""an out-and-out lie""a rank outsider""many right-down vices""got the job through sheer persistence""sheer stupidity"5. growing profusely;
"rank jungle vegetation"