/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