/ræŋk ||; ræŋk/noun1 [C,U] the position, especially a high position, that sb has in an organization such as the army, or in society （军队、社会等中的）地位，阶级（尤指高级职位）: General is one of the highest ranks in the army. 将军是军队中最高级的军阶之一。She's much higher in rank than I am. 她的级别比我高许多。
2 [C] a group or line of things or people 一组，一列，一排（事物或人）: a taxi rank 一列出租车
3 the ranks [pl] the ordinary soldiers in the army; the members of any large group （军队的）普通士兵；（群体的）成员: At the age of 43, he was forced to join the ranks of the unemployed. 43岁的时候，他被逼加入失业大军。
the rank and file the ordinary soldiers in the army; the ordinary members of an organization （军队的）普通士兵；（组织的）普通成员