英语词汇“rate”的意思、释义、用法解释及翻译-春雷网

rate¹

noun reɪtreɪt

1A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure.
比率，率
the island has the lowest crime rate in the world
buying up sites at a rate of one a month
Example sentencesExamples
- In the first quarter, the clubs have decreased their annualized attrition rate by 3 percent.
- Detection rates for violent crime rose from just over 13,000 to more than 15,500.
- Yet their crime rates, by whatever measure one judged them, were very different.
- Relapse rates remain high, typically over 70 %.
- Although the theoretical model assumes constant yaw rate, the measured rates are highly dynamic.
- Across the country this year's pass rate soared to 96 per cent - the 22nd annual rise in a row.
- Interest rates on credit cards tend to respond to moves in short-term interest rates, which means they are rising.
- "Food prices played a prominent role in determining the overall inflation rate during the fourth quarter of 2002.
- The rising unemployment rate has apparently caused the government to think twice about more active trade ties with China.
- The policies should encourage economic growth since inflation rates remain low.
- According to the United Nations, this Southern African nation has the world's highest rate of infection.
- The mutation rate is measured as the number of nucleotide substitutions per site per generation.
- Curvature is a measure of the local geometry of the surface, while the strain rates measure its relative rate of expansion.
- Even as this nation's crime rate is falling, the prison population is rising.
- Transplantation success rates vary depending on the cause of renal failure.
- Most importantly, combinations of antioxidant vitamins appear slightly to increase overall mortality rates.
- The nation's unemployment rate rose just 5.9 percent last month.
- The overall mortality rate was lower in the daily dialysis group (28 versus 46 percent for conventional treatment).
- The approximate increase in sampling size can be computed assuming constant rates of evolution.
- Therefore, the results use percentile reporting rates instead of standard deviations.
- However, intense male recombination hotspots should still increase average recombination rates.
1. 1.1 The speed with which something moves or happens.
  速率，速度；进度
  the band is shedding vocalists at an alarming rate
  your heart rate
  你的心率。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They try to judge their speed with its rate of descent, and mistakes happen.
  Near the sun you would increase speed at the rate of 600 mph each second, but you would feel no force acting upon you.
  Flooding significantly enhanced the rate of photosynthesis at all light levels in both populations.
  Everyone has at some point noticed how people talk at drastically varying rates of speed.
  But we are really moving at an incredible rate to get medicines to the hospitals.
  But their career may not move at the same rate or in the same direction as they first intended.
  Time is what measures the rate at which everything else changes.
  As I headed back to my car, a white van passed me at an extraordinary rate of speed.
  As the officer was about to go after the cars, three more vehicles rounded the curve at a similar rate of speed.
  He added that the streets were not packed with people and the march did not move at a constant rate.
  It is harder to attack a convoy, however, if it is moving at a high rate of speed.
  One of the principal parameters is the clock speed, the processing rate of the main processor.
  Furthermore, the epicycle does not move at a uniform rate with respect to the centre of the deferent or the Earth.
  Oh who am I kidding, the thought of riding wasn't the only thing that was causing my heart rate to speed up.
  The gates take a relatively long time to close, so if the person before you moves at a normal rate, you should be able to go in with him/her.
  It measures the rate at which small disturbances explode exponentially in time.
  To calculate your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220.
  But police say it was traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident happened.
  Because of the moderate rate of speed, the bicyclist also wants and needs many miles of trails.
  The speed of silicon-based processors is limited by the rate at which electrons move round circuits.
  Synonyms
  speed, pace, tempo, velocity, momentum
  gait
  informal clip, lick
2A fixed price paid or charged for something.
价格；费用
a £3.40 minimum hourly rate of pay
每小时3.40英镑的最低报酬。
advertising rates
广告费。
Example sentencesExamples
- Borrowers can choose from fixed or variable rates, with terms ranging from five to 30 years, with the longer time frame proving most popular.
- However, mortgage lenders are still offering very tasty fixed and variable rates.
- The analysis also fails to determine the degree to which many economic variables, such as hourly pay rates, are catching up on other parts of Europe.
- According to Martin, daily technical trainer contract rates vary depending on individual areas of specialisation.
- The average hourly rate of pay must not be less than your minimum hourly rate of pay illustrated on the table above.
- Due to increased competition there is now a greater choice of mortgages available, including discounted variable rates and fixed rate deals.
- The company offers air fares to Germany and Belgium, at rates equal to the prices of bus tickets.
- The main reason for this move is that the rate of airport expenses of the Universal Postal Union has dropped.
- In Mumbai and Pune, rickshaws have meters, and a fixed rate by which you pay them.
- He said the £16,000 payment to his wife was for clerical work which had been paid at an hourly rate.
- They pay WordPress a fixed rate for this service and then give them the content.
- They also want overtime to be paid at time-and-a-half and double the hourly rate, with full pay for the first six months that miners are off sick.
- Apartments are priced at three rates, depending on the rental guarantees attached.
- For similar service and medications, they strive to set their rates similar to market prices.
- At present all non-domestic users pay a fixed rate for water irrespective of the quantity that they use.
- The rental rate includes all the fixed costs of operating a facility expressed on a square footage basis.
- Variable rates mean you pay the going rate on your loan.
- I was going to charge them an hourly rate with an estimate of how long I thought it was going to be.
- China is not a natural candidate for a fixed exchange rate against the dollar.
- Mr Hughes remained hopeful he may have been signalling a move to cut rates in the near term.
Synonyms
charge, price, cost, tariff, hire, fare, figure, amount, outlay
tax, duty, levy, toll
fee, remuneration, pay, payment, wage, allowance
informal damage
1. 2.1 The amount of a charge or payment expressed as a percentage of another amount, or as a basis of calculation.
  费率
  you'll find our current interest rate very competitive
  你会发现我们目前的利率很具有竞争力。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Why linger with a lender's standard variable rate when you can borrow more cheaply with a bit of effort?
  The interest accumulates on a daily basis and the rate is 11.75 per cent per annum.
  "It is expected that commercial banks will respond by lowering their lending base rates, " he explained.
  At the moment we think that highly taxed New Zealanders pay a marginal tax rate of 39 percent.
  If America's central bank moves to increase rates sharply, it will derail the economy and stifle any increase in markets.
  Repayments will increase dramatically if the rate moves towards 3%, as predicted.
  If so, he also may be liable for state and local income taxes, which combined amount to a rate of 10.44 per cent.
  A transfer of property between blood relatives is charged at half the rate of stamp duty which would otherwise apply.
  If she gets pregnant, the interest rate drops by one basis point for one year.
  And, in fact, since the early 1990s interest rates have fallen and loan maturities have lengthened on average.
  But today's low interest rates have prevented some policies from earning enough to automatically pay those premiums.
  Fifteen-year fixed mortgage rates rose 7 basis points to 5.47 %.
  On exiting the scheme, tax is charged at a rate of 23 per cent on the interest earned.
  If only one spouse is working, they can earn up to €37,000 before moving to the higher rate of tax.
  However, very few if any endowment policies have matched the interest rate being charged on debt and bonds.
  Discounted rates offer a permanent discount off the lender's variable rate.
  Instead, the House voted to cut the maximum tax rates on both dividends and capital gains to 15 percent.
  The actual average annual exchange rate in 1978 was US $0.877 / CA $1.00.
  The Bank of England was ‘clearly ready to move’ on rates if necessary, said the governor, Sir Eddie George.
  A person on $60,000 pays a marginal tax rate of 47 per cent on the next dollar they earn.
  Synonyms
  percentage, ratio, proportion, scale, standard
2. 2.2rates (in the UK) a tax on commercial land and buildings paid to a local authority; (in Northern Ireland and formerly in the UK) a tax levied on private property.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Businesses often question what they get in return for paying local authority rates.
  Local government did tax directly; its revenue came from rates collected on land.
  Remember, it is our money, directly as taxes and rates or indirectly as rent, that pays for council services.
  We council tax payers pay rates to Central Government, which later gives money to the council to pay for such expenses.
  Local government gained its revenue from rates, a tax on land.

verb reɪtreɪt

1with object Assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale.
评估；对…估价，给…估值
they were asked to rate their ability at different driving manoeuvres
他们被要求按不同的驾驶动作评定自己能力。
with object and complement the hotel, rated four star, had no hot water
Example sentencesExamples
- It's not exactly possible to rate abortion on a scale of one star to five, is it?
- Each recommendation was rated according to the level of scientific information available to support the statement.
- The on-loan Belgian had not trained since then and was rated highly doubtful for tonight.
- Aidan O'Mahony sustained a thigh injury in the drawn encounter, and is rated doubtful.
- I'd rate it four stars out of five. Lots of duelling in that movie - lots of new monsters.
- But it was rated PG - 13 and faced no new competition.
- The institute rates cars on a scale of poor, marginal, acceptable and good.
- Colm Picked up an injury in training last Saturday and is rated very doubtful.
- But the poor sovereign rating will make it much harder for the country to raise money.
- Only 10 % of films rated PG or PG - 13 contained no smoking.
- The president's high approval rating is rooted in patriotism, not a broad embrace of Bush's conservative policies.
- Renault now has three out of the six cars so far to have achieved a top five-star rating.
- Items were rated on a scale from zero to three.
- What I meant was the story is rated PG - 13 for language.
- The potential of lost work caused by viruses and other malicious software also rated very high.
- A two-star rating means the hospital has performed well overall but has not achieved consistently high standards.
- In July, its sovereign credit rating was downgraded.
- Items are rated on a four-point scale with the anchors strongly agree and strongly disagree.
- For the effect it had on my skin I would rate it four stars.
- All items were rated on a scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree.
- Until 1999, Star Wars films were rated on a scale of 10 to 10 with no exceptions.
- I have rated them on a scale of zero to four stars.
- They were also asked to describe their outfits on a 7-point Likert scale rating four options: natural, modest, bold, and sexy.
- Social services in Kingston has retained its top three-star rating following an assessment by the commission for social care.
- The four basic physiological components of fitness are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being excellent.
- Greek companies had the lowest overall average rating at 2.93 with Japan at 3.57.
- Almost every one of the albums was rated four stars by customers.
- They achieved a three-star rating for three successive years.
Synonyms
assess, evaluate, appraise, weigh up, judge, estimate, calculate, compute, gauge, measure, adjudge, value, put a value on
grade, rank, classify, class, categorize, position, place
1. 1.1with object and adverbial Assign a standard, optimal, or limiting rating to (a piece of equipment)
  确定（设备）的标准（或最佳效果、限度）
  the average life of the new bulb is rated at approximately 500 hours
  这种新灯泡的平均寿命估算为大约500小时。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In stock form, the Ecotec is rated at 140 horsepower.
  Compared to this, the Transmeta processor in the forthcoming machine from Sony is rated at 600MHz.
  The Opteron is being rated at a thermal design power, or thermal tolerance, of 80 watts, according to sources.
  The Holley Dominator four-barrel is rated at 1,050 cfm.
  Two of the machines are rated at 56 hp, and two have 81 hp.
  Four diesel engines type 12V595 TE90 from MTU are each rated at 4.2MW.
  The transmission system is rated at 900 hp for improved high temperature and high altitude performance.
  Although the TwinX Kit is rated at 400MHz, contrary to popular belief, the speed of the ram is not the single most important factor when shopping for ram.
  The unit's battery is removable, and is rated at 1200mAh.
  This type of heater typically is rated at 1500-watts.
  The fan is slightly larger than nVidia's reference, and is rated at 10.6CFM.
  The strongest flares on record, in 1989 and 2001, were rated at X20.
  For example, my digital camera uses four nickel-cadmium batteries that are rated at 1.25 volts and 500 milliamp-hours for each cell.
  Hansen's truck is powered by a Brent Voges-built 327-cid engine that is rated at 250 horsepower.
  To prevent DVT, the stocking must be rated at least 15 mm Hg to 20 mm Hg compression.
  Symmetrix DMX is rated at 64GBps of peak internal bandwidth, which is a huge leap over the Symmetrix 8000's 1.6GBps.
  The engine is rated at 24 hp at 3400, which is more than sufficient.
  The amount of electricity that gets through is also important so look for a product that is rated at least 300 joules - the higher the better.
  The Sterling diesel engine was an 8 cylinder 8x9 engine operating at 1200 rpm and rated at 650 horsepower.
  The two low magnetic field electric motors feature compensated stray fields and are each rated at 125kW for minehunting.
2. 1.2 (in the UK) assess the value of (a property) for the purpose of levying a local tax.
  〈英〉给（财产）核定应缴地方税款
  Example sentencesExamples
  The earlier Transvaal Ordinance effectively prevented flat rating or total value rating.
  SOME AUSTRALIAN MUNICIPALITIES were rating on unimproved land values as early as the 1850s.
  Auckland city is the last remaining instance of annual rental value rating - a relic from the nineteenth century.
2with object and adverbial Consider to be of a certain quality or standard.
给…定级，把…列为；把…看作
Atkinson rates him as Europe's top defender
阿特金森把他视作欧洲最佳防守队员。
with object and complement the program has been rated a great success
人们认为这个节目很成功。
Example sentencesExamples
- Having graduated from the university of life through his extensive travels, Martin, a self made man, must be rated among the most successful business people ever to come from the heather county.
- I can't believe I'm rating this so highly, but my judgement is clouded by all the nights out where this got everyone dancing.
- Yet another Pattern Festival has come and gone and this one has to be rated most successful.
- Kingston has been rated the 27th worst borough in London for quality of life in a survey out this week.
- Even business magazines in Brazil have rated Porto Alegre as the city with the highest quality of life.
- Bents Green is rated as a highly successful school and during its last inspection it was found to have many strengths and no weaknesses.
- At present, only office buildings can be rated, but a program for schools will be announced soon, and programs for retail and hospitality facilities are expected out by the end of the year.
- So Target's experiment - which may have cost a million dollars - must be rated a resounding success.
- Despite being rated by many good judges as good a lock as has played for Scotland over the past decade, Grimes' international career has run far from smoothly.
- In a recent blind tasting, judges rated a #15 bottle of American Cabernet Sauvignon over a #250 bottle of 1993 Chteau Petrus.
- Upstream of York and as it flowed through the city, the Ouse was rated to be of ‘very good’ biological quality last year.
- How could WorldCom, a company that was in financial trouble, issue bonds that were rated investment grade quality?
- Students from the two programs rated their own and their peers' experience of how gender education effects therapy, program culture, and personal life.
- And out of the 10 specialist services provided at the hospital, such as paediatrics, stroke and heart treatments, eight are rated as being high quality.
- The magazine's judges have rated Senna the best driver ever, followed by Fangio, Schumacher, Jim Clark and Alain Prost.
- After all, he did win a nationwide poll to find whom the public rated our most honest politician, though I've always considered ‘honest politician’ something of an oxymoron.
- The judges rated her only mediocre, but she placed third in her group in no small part due to Simon picking on her for her weight.
- For example, in Malaysia and Korea, prospects do not rate themselves highly nor share past successes easily.
- Even yours truly rated a fleeting mention so of course it must be rated a sterling success.
- A recent indoor rugby union Test between Australia and South Africa was rated a success by the host union and stadium officials.
Synonyms
consider to be, judge to be, reckon to be, think to be, hold to be, deem to be, find to be
regard, account, esteem, mark down as, look on, count
1. 2.1no object, with adverbial Be regarded in a specified way.
  被评价；被列入特定级别
  Jeff still rates as one of the nicest people I have ever met
  杰夫仍然是我见过的最好的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Younis Khan, another young talent rated very highly in his country did his bit at one end.
  Environmental quality rated considerably ahead of CEO preference - frequently alluded to as a key location factor for high tech companies.
  So how do election counts rate in terms of viewer involvement?
  A vegetable doesn't have to be high on all counts to be worth growing, especially if it rates better than the cultivar you have been putting in for years.
  Mr Ahern said that Lissadell House is considered of national importance and is so rated in the national inventory of architectural heritage.
  Elvis Presley came second, and Unchained Melody, by various artists, also rated highly.
  Neither of us seems to be very sure just how safe blogs are as statements of personal opinion, whether they rate as a public diary or as a written statement of fact.
  How the schools rated was a key consideration for Greg Turner when he began his full-time MBA at Manchester Business School last year.
2. 2.2informal with object Have a high opinion of.
  〈非正式〉赞赏，推崇
  Mike certainly rated her, goodness knows why
  迈克对她赞赏有加，天晓得是什么原因。
  Example sentencesExamples
  WHAT IS THE HUMAN QUALITY most rated by Californians?
  Synonyms
  think highly of, have a high opinion of, admire, think much of, set much store by, hold in esteem, esteem, value, hold in high regard
3. 2.3with object Be worthy of; merit.
  值得，应得
  the ambassador rated a bulletproof car and a police escort
  大使应该有防弹车和警察护卫队。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Nine's ratings problems and management changes barely rated a mention around the market.
  He barely rates a mention, naturally, and when he is mentioned he is sneered at.
  By the benchmark of the Rwandan civil war, it would barely rate a mention.
  Synonyms
  merit, deserve, warrant, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, be deserving of, have a claim to, have a right to

Phrases

at any rate

1Whatever happens or may have happened.
无论如何，不管怎样；至少
for the moment, at any rate, he was safe
不管怎样，他目前很安全。
Example sentencesExamples
- We know only that the transfer was made, at any rate, according to a public statement by Earl Huntley.
- It is a refreshing change, at any rate, from the world of suited and booted gentry that dominates a channel like CNBC.
- But at any rate, what taboos will cinema breach after the next twenty-five years, the next fifty?
- Such, at any rate, was the answer that rang back at my moment of frustration and paralysis and panic.
- I am, at any rate, tempted to apply it to creatures like Professors Thornton and Campbell.
- The workforce has, at any rate, been trimmed down over the years.
Synonyms
in any case, anyhow, anyway, at all events, in any event, nevertheless
1. 1.1Used to clarify or emphasize a statement.
  the story, or at any rate, a public version of it, was known and remembered
  这个故事，或者说至少像街坊所传的，是人人皆知、铭记在心的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cure is simplicity itself, and in the neighbourhood of London, at any rate, could be carried out without any expense whatever.
  I don't have any evidence of that, but at any rate his movement to do away with whatever he imported was started much earlier.
  The ones who turned up on the first day, which was I think most of the team, or most of the ones who turned up at any rate, haven't been punished?
  Also as usual, at any rate with Waters, there is a lesbian love story involved.
  Nehru had an unusual capacity - unusual among politicians at any rate - to view both sides of the question.
  But the hardships are in practice not so serious as might appear, at any rate in the case of statements which are ex facie defamatory.
  Inevitably, some of the experts would be regarded, at any rate by some people, as even more distinguished than others.
  If they are thus verified, such states may be taken to be universal, at any rate for human beings.
  Fortunately in England at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.
  Great story for a kid at any rate, because kids love horrific things.

at this (or that) rate

If matters continue in this or that way.
at this rate, I won't have a job to go back to
这样的话，我就没有工作可干了。
Example sentencesExamples
- But, in an e-mail to the executive committee, Mr Middleton claims there will be no students left at this rate.
- We were going to have no chairs left at all, at this rate.
- So, at this rate, the goal of universal basic education could be attained by 2006: nine years ahead of schedule.
- Still, it would be pretty hard to include ‘computer consultant’ on my business card at this rate.
- Heck, at this rate, they'll be bringing back disco and the polyester leisure suit.
- At that rate, bankers and expense account diners only need apply.
- Mate, enjoy making fun of our columnists because they've only got a few years left at this rate…
- This week is going to drag on for ever at this rate.
- Plus I can do it whilst continuing on with Season 6 of The X-Files on video as I'm never going to get it fiinshed at this rate!
- Neither are ever likely to get finished at this rate; perhaps I'd be better off turning them into short stories or something.
- I'll probably end up stabbed in a gutter somewhere at this rate.

rate of return

The annual income from an investment expressed as a proportion (usually a percentage) of the original investment.
Example sentencesExamples
- Because of the time value of money, the longer the person lives, the lower the rate of return on the investment.
- It is because the interest deduction impacts an investor's after-tax rate of return.
- We do not actually attempt to get, say, a 10 percent real rate of return on the investment in our roading system.
- This steepness indicates a large rate of return from transferring income from the young to the old.
- The standard story of entry and exit leads to a long-run equilibrium in which all firms earn only a normal rate of return on investment.
- In order to do that, the tax system must let savers earn the full gross rate of return on their investments.
- There is a huge problem with the simple assumption that your expected annual rate of return is the same each and every year.
- It will also use the money for financing investments that will produce a better rate of return than the interest it will have to pay on its new loan notes.
- It has a high equity content of 80 per cent and a good rate of return.
- These results show a very high private rate of return to investment in tertiary education.

Origin

Late Middle English (expressing a notion of 'estimated value'): from Old French, from medieval Latin rata (from Latin pro rata parte (or portione) 'according to the proportional share'), from ratus 'reckoned', past participle of reri.

Rhymes

abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight

rate²

verb reɪtreɪt

[with object]archaic

Scold (someone) angrily.
〈古〉苛责，怒斥；严责
he rated the young man soundly for his want of respect
他因这个年轻人缺乏礼貌而严厉地训斥了他。

Origin

Late Middle English: of unknown origin.

rate³

verbreɪtreɪt

British

variant spelling of ret

rate¹

nounreɪtrāt

1A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure.
比率，率
the crime rate rose by 26 percent
Example sentencesExamples
- The mutation rate is measured as the number of nucleotide substitutions per site per generation.
- "Food prices played a prominent role in determining the overall inflation rate during the fourth quarter of 2002.
- Interest rates on credit cards tend to respond to moves in short-term interest rates, which means they are rising.
- The approximate increase in sampling size can be computed assuming constant rates of evolution.
- Yet their crime rates, by whatever measure one judged them, were very different.
- In the first quarter, the clubs have decreased their annualized attrition rate by 3 percent.
- Therefore, the results use percentile reporting rates instead of standard deviations.
- Detection rates for violent crime rose from just over 13,000 to more than 15,500.
- Relapse rates remain high, typically over 70 %.
- According to the United Nations, this Southern African nation has the world's highest rate of infection.
- Across the country this year's pass rate soared to 96 per cent - the 22nd annual rise in a row.
- Even as this nation's crime rate is falling, the prison population is rising.
- The overall mortality rate was lower in the daily dialysis group (28 versus 46 percent for conventional treatment).
- However, intense male recombination hotspots should still increase average recombination rates.
- Curvature is a measure of the local geometry of the surface, while the strain rates measure its relative rate of expansion.
- The nation's unemployment rate rose just 5.9 percent last month.
- The rising unemployment rate has apparently caused the government to think twice about more active trade ties with China.
- Transplantation success rates vary depending on the cause of renal failure.
- Most importantly, combinations of antioxidant vitamins appear slightly to increase overall mortality rates.
- The policies should encourage economic growth since inflation rates remain low.
- Although the theoretical model assumes constant yaw rate, the measured rates are highly dynamic.
1. 1.1 The speed with which something moves, happens, or changes.
  速率，速度；进度
  your heart rate
  你的心率。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They try to judge their speed with its rate of descent, and mistakes happen.
  Flooding significantly enhanced the rate of photosynthesis at all light levels in both populations.
  But police say it was traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident happened.
  As I headed back to my car, a white van passed me at an extraordinary rate of speed.
  As the officer was about to go after the cars, three more vehicles rounded the curve at a similar rate of speed.
  It measures the rate at which small disturbances explode exponentially in time.
  To calculate your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220.
  Because of the moderate rate of speed, the bicyclist also wants and needs many miles of trails.
  But we are really moving at an incredible rate to get medicines to the hospitals.
  But their career may not move at the same rate or in the same direction as they first intended.
  He added that the streets were not packed with people and the march did not move at a constant rate.
  Everyone has at some point noticed how people talk at drastically varying rates of speed.
  Furthermore, the epicycle does not move at a uniform rate with respect to the centre of the deferent or the Earth.
  It is harder to attack a convoy, however, if it is moving at a high rate of speed.
  Time is what measures the rate at which everything else changes.
  The speed of silicon-based processors is limited by the rate at which electrons move round circuits.
  The gates take a relatively long time to close, so if the person before you moves at a normal rate, you should be able to go in with him/her.
  Oh who am I kidding, the thought of riding wasn't the only thing that was causing my heart rate to speed up.
  Near the sun you would increase speed at the rate of 600 mph each second, but you would feel no force acting upon you.
  One of the principal parameters is the clock speed, the processing rate of the main processor.
  Synonyms
  speed, pace, tempo, velocity, momentum
2A fixed price paid or charged for something, especially goods or services.
价格；费用
advertising rates
广告费。
the basic rate of pay
Example sentencesExamples
- The main reason for this move is that the rate of airport expenses of the Universal Postal Union has dropped.
- I was going to charge them an hourly rate with an estimate of how long I thought it was going to be.
- Apartments are priced at three rates, depending on the rental guarantees attached.
- They pay WordPress a fixed rate for this service and then give them the content.
- At present all non-domestic users pay a fixed rate for water irrespective of the quantity that they use.
- The analysis also fails to determine the degree to which many economic variables, such as hourly pay rates, are catching up on other parts of Europe.
- However, mortgage lenders are still offering very tasty fixed and variable rates.
- Variable rates mean you pay the going rate on your loan.
- The rental rate includes all the fixed costs of operating a facility expressed on a square footage basis.
- They also want overtime to be paid at time-and-a-half and double the hourly rate, with full pay for the first six months that miners are off sick.
- The average hourly rate of pay must not be less than your minimum hourly rate of pay illustrated on the table above.
- China is not a natural candidate for a fixed exchange rate against the dollar.
- He said the £16,000 payment to his wife was for clerical work which had been paid at an hourly rate.
- For similar service and medications, they strive to set their rates similar to market prices.
- Mr Hughes remained hopeful he may have been signalling a move to cut rates in the near term.
- The company offers air fares to Germany and Belgium, at rates equal to the prices of bus tickets.
- According to Martin, daily technical trainer contract rates vary depending on individual areas of specialisation.
- Borrowers can choose from fixed or variable rates, with terms ranging from five to 30 years, with the longer time frame proving most popular.
- Due to increased competition there is now a greater choice of mortgages available, including discounted variable rates and fixed rate deals.
- In Mumbai and Pune, rickshaws have meters, and a fixed rate by which you pay them.
Synonyms
charge, price, cost, tariff, hire, fare, figure, amount, outlay
1. 2.1 The amount of a charge or payment expressed as a percentage of some other amount, or as a basis of calculation.
  费率
  you'll find our current interest rate very competitive
  你会发现我们目前的利率很具有竞争力。
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, very few if any endowment policies have matched the interest rate being charged on debt and bonds.
  The Bank of England was ‘clearly ready to move’ on rates if necessary, said the governor, Sir Eddie George.
  But today's low interest rates have prevented some policies from earning enough to automatically pay those premiums.
  And, in fact, since the early 1990s interest rates have fallen and loan maturities have lengthened on average.
  A person on $60,000 pays a marginal tax rate of 47 per cent on the next dollar they earn.
  A transfer of property between blood relatives is charged at half the rate of stamp duty which would otherwise apply.
  Why linger with a lender's standard variable rate when you can borrow more cheaply with a bit of effort?
  The interest accumulates on a daily basis and the rate is 11.75 per cent per annum.
  If America's central bank moves to increase rates sharply, it will derail the economy and stifle any increase in markets.
  Repayments will increase dramatically if the rate moves towards 3%, as predicted.
  If so, he also may be liable for state and local income taxes, which combined amount to a rate of 10.44 per cent.
  On exiting the scheme, tax is charged at a rate of 23 per cent on the interest earned.
  Discounted rates offer a permanent discount off the lender's variable rate.
  The actual average annual exchange rate in 1978 was US $0.877 / CA $1.00.
  Fifteen-year fixed mortgage rates rose 7 basis points to 5.47 %.
  If she gets pregnant, the interest rate drops by one basis point for one year.
  If only one spouse is working, they can earn up to €37,000 before moving to the higher rate of tax.
  "It is expected that commercial banks will respond by lowering their lending base rates, " he explained.
  At the moment we think that highly taxed New Zealanders pay a marginal tax rate of 39 percent.
  Instead, the House voted to cut the maximum tax rates on both dividends and capital gains to 15 percent.
  Synonyms
  percentage, ratio, proportion, scale, standard
2. 2.2usually rates (in the UK) a tax on land and buildings paid to the local authority by a business, and formerly also by occupants of private property.
  （英国地方政府征收的）不动产税（率）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Remember, it is our money, directly as taxes and rates or indirectly as rent, that pays for council services.
  Local government did tax directly; its revenue came from rates collected on land.
  We council tax payers pay rates to Central Government, which later gives money to the council to pay for such expenses.
  Local government gained its revenue from rates, a tax on land.
  Businesses often question what they get in return for paying local authority rates.

verbreɪtrāt

1with object Assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale.
评估；对…估价，给…估值
they were asked to rate their ability at different driving maneuvers
他们被要求按不同的驾驶动作评定自己能力。
with object and complement the hotel, rated four star, had no hot water and no sink plugs
这家被评为四星级的宾馆没有热水和浴缸塞子。
Example sentencesExamples
- Items were rated on a scale from zero to three.
- Social services in Kingston has retained its top three-star rating following an assessment by the commission for social care.
- Items are rated on a four-point scale with the anchors strongly agree and strongly disagree.
- For the effect it had on my skin I would rate it four stars.
- Almost every one of the albums was rated four stars by customers.
- The potential of lost work caused by viruses and other malicious software also rated very high.
- Colm Picked up an injury in training last Saturday and is rated very doubtful.
- The on-loan Belgian had not trained since then and was rated highly doubtful for tonight.
- Each recommendation was rated according to the level of scientific information available to support the statement.
- Only 10 % of films rated PG or PG - 13 contained no smoking.
- What I meant was the story is rated PG - 13 for language.
- The four basic physiological components of fitness are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being excellent.
- But the poor sovereign rating will make it much harder for the country to raise money.
- I have rated them on a scale of zero to four stars.
- Until 1999, Star Wars films were rated on a scale of 10 to 10 with no exceptions.
- A two-star rating means the hospital has performed well overall but has not achieved consistently high standards.
- The president's high approval rating is rooted in patriotism, not a broad embrace of Bush's conservative policies.
- It's not exactly possible to rate abortion on a scale of one star to five, is it?
- Aidan O'Mahony sustained a thigh injury in the drawn encounter, and is rated doubtful.
- The institute rates cars on a scale of poor, marginal, acceptable and good.
- All items were rated on a scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree.
- I'd rate it four stars out of five. Lots of duelling in that movie - lots of new monsters.
- Greek companies had the lowest overall average rating at 2.93 with Japan at 3.57.
- Renault now has three out of the six cars so far to have achieved a top five-star rating.
- They achieved a three-star rating for three successive years.
- They were also asked to describe their outfits on a 7-point Likert scale rating four options: natural, modest, bold, and sexy.
- In July, its sovereign credit rating was downgraded.
- But it was rated PG - 13 and faced no new competition.
Synonyms
assess, evaluate, appraise, weigh up, judge, estimate, calculate, compute, gauge, measure, adjudge, value, put a value on
1. 1.1 Assign a standard, optimal, or limiting rating to (a piece of equipment)
  确定（设备）的标准（或最佳效果、限度）
  its fuel economy is rated at 25 miles a gallon in the city
  Example sentencesExamples
  In stock form, the Ecotec is rated at 140 horsepower.
  The amount of electricity that gets through is also important so look for a product that is rated at least 300 joules - the higher the better.
  The Opteron is being rated at a thermal design power, or thermal tolerance, of 80 watts, according to sources.
  The engine is rated at 24 hp at 3400, which is more than sufficient.
  For example, my digital camera uses four nickel-cadmium batteries that are rated at 1.25 volts and 500 milliamp-hours for each cell.
  This type of heater typically is rated at 1500-watts.
  Compared to this, the Transmeta processor in the forthcoming machine from Sony is rated at 600MHz.
  Symmetrix DMX is rated at 64GBps of peak internal bandwidth, which is a huge leap over the Symmetrix 8000's 1.6GBps.
  The strongest flares on record, in 1989 and 2001, were rated at X20.
  The two low magnetic field electric motors feature compensated stray fields and are each rated at 125kW for minehunting.
  The Holley Dominator four-barrel is rated at 1,050 cfm.
  The fan is slightly larger than nVidia's reference, and is rated at 10.6CFM.
  The unit's battery is removable, and is rated at 1200mAh.
  Hansen's truck is powered by a Brent Voges-built 327-cid engine that is rated at 250 horsepower.
  Although the TwinX Kit is rated at 400MHz, contrary to popular belief, the speed of the ram is not the single most important factor when shopping for ram.
  Four diesel engines type 12V595 TE90 from MTU are each rated at 4.2MW.
  Two of the machines are rated at 56 hp, and two have 81 hp.
  The transmission system is rated at 900 hp for improved high temperature and high altitude performance.
  To prevent DVT, the stocking must be rated at least 15 mm Hg to 20 mm Hg compression.
  The Sterling diesel engine was an 8 cylinder 8x9 engine operating at 1200 rpm and rated at 650 horsepower.
2. 1.2 Assess the value of (a property) for the purpose of levying a local tax.
  〈英〉给（财产）核定应缴地方税款
  Example sentencesExamples
  SOME AUSTRALIAN MUNICIPALITIES were rating on unimproved land values as early as the 1850s.
  The earlier Transvaal Ordinance effectively prevented flat rating or total value rating.
  Auckland city is the last remaining instance of annual rental value rating - a relic from the nineteenth century.
2with object and adverbial Consider to be of a certain quality, standard, or rank.
给…定级，把…列为；把…看作
with object and complement the program has been rated a great success
人们认为这个节目很成功。
he rates the company's stock a “buy.”
Example sentencesExamples
- Students from the two programs rated their own and their peers' experience of how gender education effects therapy, program culture, and personal life.
- At present, only office buildings can be rated, but a program for schools will be announced soon, and programs for retail and hospitality facilities are expected out by the end of the year.
- Kingston has been rated the 27th worst borough in London for quality of life in a survey out this week.
- For example, in Malaysia and Korea, prospects do not rate themselves highly nor share past successes easily.
- Yet another Pattern Festival has come and gone and this one has to be rated most successful.
- How could WorldCom, a company that was in financial trouble, issue bonds that were rated investment grade quality?
- The judges rated her only mediocre, but she placed third in her group in no small part due to Simon picking on her for her weight.
- After all, he did win a nationwide poll to find whom the public rated our most honest politician, though I've always considered ‘honest politician’ something of an oxymoron.
- In a recent blind tasting, judges rated a #15 bottle of American Cabernet Sauvignon over a #250 bottle of 1993 Chteau Petrus.
- I can't believe I'm rating this so highly, but my judgement is clouded by all the nights out where this got everyone dancing.
- Bents Green is rated as a highly successful school and during its last inspection it was found to have many strengths and no weaknesses.
- The magazine's judges have rated Senna the best driver ever, followed by Fangio, Schumacher, Jim Clark and Alain Prost.
- A recent indoor rugby union Test between Australia and South Africa was rated a success by the host union and stadium officials.
- Even business magazines in Brazil have rated Porto Alegre as the city with the highest quality of life.
- So Target's experiment - which may have cost a million dollars - must be rated a resounding success.
- Having graduated from the university of life through his extensive travels, Martin, a self made man, must be rated among the most successful business people ever to come from the heather county.
- And out of the 10 specialist services provided at the hospital, such as paediatrics, stroke and heart treatments, eight are rated as being high quality.
- Even yours truly rated a fleeting mention so of course it must be rated a sterling success.
- Despite being rated by many good judges as good a lock as has played for Scotland over the past decade, Grimes' international career has run far from smoothly.
- Upstream of York and as it flowed through the city, the Ouse was rated to be of ‘very good’ biological quality last year.
Synonyms
consider to be, judge to be, reckon to be, think to be, hold to be, deem to be, find to be
1. 2.1no object, with adverbial Be regarded in a specified way.
  被评价；被列入特定级别
  Jeff still rates as one of the nicest people I have ever met
  杰夫仍然是我见过的最好的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Environmental quality rated considerably ahead of CEO preference - frequently alluded to as a key location factor for high tech companies.
  Neither of us seems to be very sure just how safe blogs are as statements of personal opinion, whether they rate as a public diary or as a written statement of fact.
  How the schools rated was a key consideration for Greg Turner when he began his full-time MBA at Manchester Business School last year.
  So how do election counts rate in terms of viewer involvement?
  A vegetable doesn't have to be high on all counts to be worth growing, especially if it rates better than the cultivar you have been putting in for years.
  Younis Khan, another young talent rated very highly in his country did his bit at one end.
  Mr Ahern said that Lissadell House is considered of national importance and is so rated in the national inventory of architectural heritage.
  Elvis Presley came second, and Unchained Melody, by various artists, also rated highly.
2. 2.2 Be worthy of; merit.
  值得，应得
  the ambassador rated a bulletproof car and a police escort
  大使应该有防弹车和警察护卫队。
  Example sentencesExamples
  By the benchmark of the Rwandan civil war, it would barely rate a mention.
  Nine's ratings problems and management changes barely rated a mention around the market.
  He barely rates a mention, naturally, and when he is mentioned he is sneered at.
  Synonyms
  merit, deserve, warrant, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, be deserving of, have a claim to, have a right to

Phrases

at any rate

1Whatever happens or may have happened.
无论如何，不管怎样；至少
for the moment, at any rate, he was safe
不管怎样，他目前很安全。
Example sentencesExamples
- But at any rate, what taboos will cinema breach after the next twenty-five years, the next fifty?
- We know only that the transfer was made, at any rate, according to a public statement by Earl Huntley.
- I am, at any rate, tempted to apply it to creatures like Professors Thornton and Campbell.
- Such, at any rate, was the answer that rang back at my moment of frustration and paralysis and panic.
- The workforce has, at any rate, been trimmed down over the years.
- It is a refreshing change, at any rate, from the world of suited and booted gentry that dominates a channel like CNBC.
Synonyms
in any case, anyhow, anyway, at all events, in any event, nevertheless
1. 1.1Used to indicate that one is correcting or clarifying a previous statement or emphasizing a following one.
  用以表示对上文的纠正、澄清或者对下文的强调至少
  the story, or at any rate, a public version of it, was known and remembered
  这个故事，或者说至少像街坊所传的，是人人皆知、铭记在心的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cure is simplicity itself, and in the neighbourhood of London, at any rate, could be carried out without any expense whatever.
  I don't have any evidence of that, but at any rate his movement to do away with whatever he imported was started much earlier.
  Nehru had an unusual capacity - unusual among politicians at any rate - to view both sides of the question.
  If they are thus verified, such states may be taken to be universal, at any rate for human beings.
  Great story for a kid at any rate, because kids love horrific things.
  But the hardships are in practice not so serious as might appear, at any rate in the case of statements which are ex facie defamatory.
  Also as usual, at any rate with Waters, there is a lesbian love story involved.
  Fortunately in England at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.
  The ones who turned up on the first day, which was I think most of the team, or most of the ones who turned up at any rate, haven't been punished?
  Inevitably, some of the experts would be regarded, at any rate by some people, as even more distinguished than others.

at this (or that) rate

Used to introduce the prediction of a particular unwelcome eventuality should things continue as they are or if a certain assumption is true.
照这（或那）种情形，既然如此（或那样）
at this rate, I won't have a job to go back to
这样的话，我就没有工作可干了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Plus I can do it whilst continuing on with Season 6 of The X-Files on video as I'm never going to get it fiinshed at this rate!
- But, in an e-mail to the executive committee, Mr Middleton claims there will be no students left at this rate.
- This week is going to drag on for ever at this rate.
- So, at this rate, the goal of universal basic education could be attained by 2006: nine years ahead of schedule.
- Still, it would be pretty hard to include ‘computer consultant’ on my business card at this rate.
- At that rate, bankers and expense account diners only need apply.
- Neither are ever likely to get finished at this rate; perhaps I'd be better off turning them into short stories or something.
- We were going to have no chairs left at all, at this rate.
- Heck, at this rate, they'll be bringing back disco and the polyester leisure suit.
- I'll probably end up stabbed in a gutter somewhere at this rate.
- Mate, enjoy making fun of our columnists because they've only got a few years left at this rate…

Origin

Late Middle English (expressing a notion of ‘estimated value’): from Old French, from medieval Latin rata (from Latin pro rata parte (or portione) ‘according to the proportional share’), from ratus ‘reckoned’, past participle of reri.

rate²

verbrātreɪt

[with object]archaic

Scold (someone) angrily.
〈古〉苛责，怒斥；严责
he rated the young man soundly for his want of respect
他因这个年轻人缺乏礼貌而严厉地训斥了他。

Origin

Late Middle English: of unknown origin.

rate³

verbrātreɪt

British

variant spelling of ret

词汇	rate
释义	rate¹ noun reɪtreɪt 1A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure. 比率，率 the island has the lowest crime rate in the world buying up sites at a rate of one a month Example sentencesExamples In the first quarter, the clubs have decreased their annualized attrition rate by 3 percent. Detection rates for violent crime rose from just over 13,000 to more than 15,500. Yet their crime rates, by whatever measure one judged them, were very different. Relapse rates remain high, typically over 70 %. Although the theoretical model assumes constant yaw rate, the measured rates are highly dynamic. Across the country this year's pass rate soared to 96 per cent - the 22nd annual rise in a row. Interest rates on credit cards tend to respond to moves in short-term interest rates, which means they are rising. "Food prices played a prominent role in determining the overall inflation rate during the fourth quarter of 2002. The rising unemployment rate has apparently caused the government to think twice about more active trade ties with China. The policies should encourage economic growth since inflation rates remain low. According to the United Nations, this Southern African nation has the world's highest rate of infection. The mutation rate is measured as the number of nucleotide substitutions per site per generation. Curvature is a measure of the local geometry of the surface, while the strain rates measure its relative rate of expansion. Even as this nation's crime rate is falling, the prison population is rising. Transplantation success rates vary depending on the cause of renal failure. Most importantly, combinations of antioxidant vitamins appear slightly to increase overall mortality rates. The nation's unemployment rate rose just 5.9 percent last month. The overall mortality rate was lower in the daily dialysis group (28 versus 46 percent for conventional treatment). The approximate increase in sampling size can be computed assuming constant rates of evolution. Therefore, the results use percentile reporting rates instead of standard deviations. However, intense male recombination hotspots should still increase average recombination rates. 1.1 The speed with which something moves or happens. 速率，速度；进度 the band is shedding vocalists at an alarming rate your heart rate 你的心率。 Example sentencesExamples They try to judge their speed with its rate of descent, and mistakes happen. Near the sun you would increase speed at the rate of 600 mph each second, but you would feel no force acting upon you. Flooding significantly enhanced the rate of photosynthesis at all light levels in both populations. Everyone has at some point noticed how people talk at drastically varying rates of speed. But we are really moving at an incredible rate to get medicines to the hospitals. But their career may not move at the same rate or in the same direction as they first intended. Time is what measures the rate at which everything else changes. As I headed back to my car, a white van passed me at an extraordinary rate of speed. As the officer was about to go after the cars, three more vehicles rounded the curve at a similar rate of speed. He added that the streets were not packed with people and the march did not move at a constant rate. It is harder to attack a convoy, however, if it is moving at a high rate of speed. One of the principal parameters is the clock speed, the processing rate of the main processor. Furthermore, the epicycle does not move at a uniform rate with respect to the centre of the deferent or the Earth. Oh who am I kidding, the thought of riding wasn't the only thing that was causing my heart rate to speed up. The gates take a relatively long time to close, so if the person before you moves at a normal rate, you should be able to go in with him/her. It measures the rate at which small disturbances explode exponentially in time. To calculate your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220. But police say it was traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident happened. Because of the moderate rate of speed, the bicyclist also wants and needs many miles of trails. The speed of silicon-based processors is limited by the rate at which electrons move round circuits. Synonyms speed, pace, tempo, velocity, momentum gait informal clip, lick 2A fixed price paid or charged for something. 价格；费用 a £3.40 minimum hourly rate of pay 每小时3.40英镑的最低报酬。 advertising rates 广告费。 Example sentencesExamples Borrowers can choose from fixed or variable rates, with terms ranging from five to 30 years, with the longer time frame proving most popular. However, mortgage lenders are still offering very tasty fixed and variable rates. The analysis also fails to determine the degree to which many economic variables, such as hourly pay rates, are catching up on other parts of Europe. According to Martin, daily technical trainer contract rates vary depending on individual areas of specialisation. The average hourly rate of pay must not be less than your minimum hourly rate of pay illustrated on the table above. Due to increased competition there is now a greater choice of mortgages available, including discounted variable rates and fixed rate deals. The company offers air fares to Germany and Belgium, at rates equal to the prices of bus tickets. The main reason for this move is that the rate of airport expenses of the Universal Postal Union has dropped. In Mumbai and Pune, rickshaws have meters, and a fixed rate by which you pay them. He said the £16,000 payment to his wife was for clerical work which had been paid at an hourly rate. They pay WordPress a fixed rate for this service and then give them the content. They also want overtime to be paid at time-and-a-half and double the hourly rate, with full pay for the first six months that miners are off sick. Apartments are priced at three rates, depending on the rental guarantees attached. For similar service and medications, they strive to set their rates similar to market prices. At present all non-domestic users pay a fixed rate for water irrespective of the quantity that they use. The rental rate includes all the fixed costs of operating a facility expressed on a square footage basis. Variable rates mean you pay the going rate on your loan. I was going to charge them an hourly rate with an estimate of how long I thought it was going to be. China is not a natural candidate for a fixed exchange rate against the dollar. Mr Hughes remained hopeful he may have been signalling a move to cut rates in the near term. Synonyms charge, price, cost, tariff, hire, fare, figure, amount, outlay tax, duty, levy, toll fee, remuneration, pay, payment, wage, allowance informal damage 2.1 The amount of a charge or payment expressed as a percentage of another amount, or as a basis of calculation. 费率 you'll find our current interest rate very competitive 你会发现我们目前的利率很具有竞争力。 Example sentencesExamples Why linger with a lender's standard variable rate when you can borrow more cheaply with a bit of effort? The interest accumulates on a daily basis and the rate is 11.75 per cent per annum. "It is expected that commercial banks will respond by lowering their lending base rates, " he explained. At the moment we think that highly taxed New Zealanders pay a marginal tax rate of 39 percent. If America's central bank moves to increase rates sharply, it will derail the economy and stifle any increase in markets. Repayments will increase dramatically if the rate moves towards 3%, as predicted. If so, he also may be liable for state and local income taxes, which combined amount to a rate of 10.44 per cent. A transfer of property between blood relatives is charged at half the rate of stamp duty which would otherwise apply. If she gets pregnant, the interest rate drops by one basis point for one year. And, in fact, since the early 1990s interest rates have fallen and loan maturities have lengthened on average. But today's low interest rates have prevented some policies from earning enough to automatically pay those premiums. Fifteen-year fixed mortgage rates rose 7 basis points to 5.47 %. On exiting the scheme, tax is charged at a rate of 23 per cent on the interest earned. If only one spouse is working, they can earn up to €37,000 before moving to the higher rate of tax. However, very few if any endowment policies have matched the interest rate being charged on debt and bonds. Discounted rates offer a permanent discount off the lender's variable rate. Instead, the House voted to cut the maximum tax rates on both dividends and capital gains to 15 percent. The actual average annual exchange rate in 1978 was US $0.877 / CA $1.00. The Bank of England was ‘clearly ready to move’ on rates if necessary, said the governor, Sir Eddie George. A person on $60,000 pays a marginal tax rate of 47 per cent on the next dollar they earn. Synonyms percentage, ratio, proportion, scale, standard 2.2rates (in the UK) a tax on commercial land and buildings paid to a local authority; (in Northern Ireland and formerly in the UK) a tax levied on private property. Example sentencesExamples Businesses often question what they get in return for paying local authority rates. Local government did tax directly; its revenue came from rates collected on land. Remember, it is our money, directly as taxes and rates or indirectly as rent, that pays for council services. We council tax payers pay rates to Central Government, which later gives money to the council to pay for such expenses. Local government gained its revenue from rates, a tax on land. verb reɪtreɪt 1with object Assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale. 评估；对…估价，给…估值 they were asked to rate their ability at different driving manoeuvres 他们被要求按不同的驾驶动作评定自己能力。 with object and complement the hotel, rated four star, had no hot water Example sentencesExamples It's not exactly possible to rate abortion on a scale of one star to five, is it? Each recommendation was rated according to the level of scientific information available to support the statement. The on-loan Belgian had not trained since then and was rated highly doubtful for tonight. Aidan O'Mahony sustained a thigh injury in the drawn encounter, and is rated doubtful. I'd rate it four stars out of five. Lots of duelling in that movie - lots of new monsters. But it was rated PG - 13 and faced no new competition. The institute rates cars on a scale of poor, marginal, acceptable and good. Colm Picked up an injury in training last Saturday and is rated very doubtful. But the poor sovereign rating will make it much harder for the country to raise money. Only 10 % of films rated PG or PG - 13 contained no smoking. The president's high approval rating is rooted in patriotism, not a broad embrace of Bush's conservative policies. Renault now has three out of the six cars so far to have achieved a top five-star rating. Items were rated on a scale from zero to three. What I meant was the story is rated PG - 13 for language. The potential of lost work caused by viruses and other malicious software also rated very high. A two-star rating means the hospital has performed well overall but has not achieved consistently high standards. In July, its sovereign credit rating was downgraded. Items are rated on a four-point scale with the anchors strongly agree and strongly disagree. For the effect it had on my skin I would rate it four stars. All items were rated on a scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Until 1999, Star Wars films were rated on a scale of 10 to 10 with no exceptions. I have rated them on a scale of zero to four stars. They were also asked to describe their outfits on a 7-point Likert scale rating four options: natural, modest, bold, and sexy. Social services in Kingston has retained its top three-star rating following an assessment by the commission for social care. The four basic physiological components of fitness are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being excellent. Greek companies had the lowest overall average rating at 2.93 with Japan at 3.57. Almost every one of the albums was rated four stars by customers. They achieved a three-star rating for three successive years. Synonyms assess, evaluate, appraise, weigh up, judge, estimate, calculate, compute, gauge, measure, adjudge, value, put a value on grade, rank, classify, class, categorize, position, place 1.1with object and adverbial Assign a standard, optimal, or limiting rating to (a piece of equipment) 确定（设备）的标准（或最佳效果、限度） the average life of the new bulb is rated at approximately 500 hours 这种新灯泡的平均寿命估算为大约500小时。 Example sentencesExamples In stock form, the Ecotec is rated at 140 horsepower. Compared to this, the Transmeta processor in the forthcoming machine from Sony is rated at 600MHz. The Opteron is being rated at a thermal design power, or thermal tolerance, of 80 watts, according to sources. The Holley Dominator four-barrel is rated at 1,050 cfm. Two of the machines are rated at 56 hp, and two have 81 hp. Four diesel engines type 12V595 TE90 from MTU are each rated at 4.2MW. The transmission system is rated at 900 hp for improved high temperature and high altitude performance. Although the TwinX Kit is rated at 400MHz, contrary to popular belief, the speed of the ram is not the single most important factor when shopping for ram. The unit's battery is removable, and is rated at 1200mAh. This type of heater typically is rated at 1500-watts. The fan is slightly larger than nVidia's reference, and is rated at 10.6CFM. The strongest flares on record, in 1989 and 2001, were rated at X20. For example, my digital camera uses four nickel-cadmium batteries that are rated at 1.25 volts and 500 milliamp-hours for each cell. Hansen's truck is powered by a Brent Voges-built 327-cid engine that is rated at 250 horsepower. To prevent DVT, the stocking must be rated at least 15 mm Hg to 20 mm Hg compression. Symmetrix DMX is rated at 64GBps of peak internal bandwidth, which is a huge leap over the Symmetrix 8000's 1.6GBps. The engine is rated at 24 hp at 3400, which is more than sufficient. The amount of electricity that gets through is also important so look for a product that is rated at least 300 joules - the higher the better. The Sterling diesel engine was an 8 cylinder 8x9 engine operating at 1200 rpm and rated at 650 horsepower. The two low magnetic field electric motors feature compensated stray fields and are each rated at 125kW for minehunting. 1.2 (in the UK) assess the value of (a property) for the purpose of levying a local tax. 〈英〉给（财产）核定应缴地方税款 Example sentencesExamples The earlier Transvaal Ordinance effectively prevented flat rating or total value rating. SOME AUSTRALIAN MUNICIPALITIES were rating on unimproved land values as early as the 1850s. Auckland city is the last remaining instance of annual rental value rating - a relic from the nineteenth century. 2with object and adverbial Consider to be of a certain quality or standard. 给…定级，把…列为；把…看作 Atkinson rates him as Europe's top defender 阿特金森把他视作欧洲最佳防守队员。 with object and complement the program has been rated a great success 人们认为这个节目很成功。 Example sentencesExamples Having graduated from the university of life through his extensive travels, Martin, a self made man, must be rated among the most successful business people ever to come from the heather county. I can't believe I'm rating this so highly, but my judgement is clouded by all the nights out where this got everyone dancing. Yet another Pattern Festival has come and gone and this one has to be rated most successful. Kingston has been rated the 27th worst borough in London for quality of life in a survey out this week. Even business magazines in Brazil have rated Porto Alegre as the city with the highest quality of life. Bents Green is rated as a highly successful school and during its last inspection it was found to have many strengths and no weaknesses. At present, only office buildings can be rated, but a program for schools will be announced soon, and programs for retail and hospitality facilities are expected out by the end of the year. So Target's experiment - which may have cost a million dollars - must be rated a resounding success. Despite being rated by many good judges as good a lock as has played for Scotland over the past decade, Grimes' international career has run far from smoothly. In a recent blind tasting, judges rated a #15 bottle of American Cabernet Sauvignon over a #250 bottle of 1993 Chteau Petrus. Upstream of York and as it flowed through the city, the Ouse was rated to be of ‘very good’ biological quality last year. How could WorldCom, a company that was in financial trouble, issue bonds that were rated investment grade quality? Students from the two programs rated their own and their peers' experience of how gender education effects therapy, program culture, and personal life. And out of the 10 specialist services provided at the hospital, such as paediatrics, stroke and heart treatments, eight are rated as being high quality. The magazine's judges have rated Senna the best driver ever, followed by Fangio, Schumacher, Jim Clark and Alain Prost. After all, he did win a nationwide poll to find whom the public rated our most honest politician, though I've always considered ‘honest politician’ something of an oxymoron. The judges rated her only mediocre, but she placed third in her group in no small part due to Simon picking on her for her weight. For example, in Malaysia and Korea, prospects do not rate themselves highly nor share past successes easily. Even yours truly rated a fleeting mention so of course it must be rated a sterling success. A recent indoor rugby union Test between Australia and South Africa was rated a success by the host union and stadium officials. Synonyms consider to be, judge to be, reckon to be, think to be, hold to be, deem to be, find to be regard, account, esteem, mark down as, look on, count 2.1no object, with adverbial Be regarded in a specified way. 被评价；被列入特定级别 Jeff still rates as one of the nicest people I have ever met 杰夫仍然是我见过的最好的人。 Example sentencesExamples Younis Khan, another young talent rated very highly in his country did his bit at one end. Environmental quality rated considerably ahead of CEO preference - frequently alluded to as a key location factor for high tech companies. So how do election counts rate in terms of viewer involvement? A vegetable doesn't have to be high on all counts to be worth growing, especially if it rates better than the cultivar you have been putting in for years. Mr Ahern said that Lissadell House is considered of national importance and is so rated in the national inventory of architectural heritage. Elvis Presley came second, and Unchained Melody, by various artists, also rated highly. Neither of us seems to be very sure just how safe blogs are as statements of personal opinion, whether they rate as a public diary or as a written statement of fact. How the schools rated was a key consideration for Greg Turner when he began his full-time MBA at Manchester Business School last year. 2.2informal with object Have a high opinion of. 〈非正式〉赞赏，推崇 Mike certainly rated her, goodness knows why 迈克对她赞赏有加，天晓得是什么原因。 Example sentencesExamples WHAT IS THE HUMAN QUALITY most rated by Californians? Synonyms think highly of, have a high opinion of, admire, think much of, set much store by, hold in esteem, esteem, value, hold in high regard 2.3with object Be worthy of; merit. 值得，应得 the ambassador rated a bulletproof car and a police escort 大使应该有防弹车和警察护卫队。 Example sentencesExamples Nine's ratings problems and management changes barely rated a mention around the market. He barely rates a mention, naturally, and when he is mentioned he is sneered at. By the benchmark of the Rwandan civil war, it would barely rate a mention. Synonyms merit, deserve, warrant, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, be deserving of, have a claim to, have a right to Phrases at any rate 1Whatever happens or may have happened. 无论如何，不管怎样；至少 for the moment, at any rate, he was safe 不管怎样，他目前很安全。 Example sentencesExamples We know only that the transfer was made, at any rate, according to a public statement by Earl Huntley. It is a refreshing change, at any rate, from the world of suited and booted gentry that dominates a channel like CNBC. But at any rate, what taboos will cinema breach after the next twenty-five years, the next fifty? Such, at any rate, was the answer that rang back at my moment of frustration and paralysis and panic. I am, at any rate, tempted to apply it to creatures like Professors Thornton and Campbell. The workforce has, at any rate, been trimmed down over the years. Synonyms in any case, anyhow, anyway, at all events, in any event, nevertheless 1.1Used to clarify or emphasize a statement. the story, or at any rate, a public version of it, was known and remembered 这个故事，或者说至少像街坊所传的，是人人皆知、铭记在心的。 Example sentencesExamples The cure is simplicity itself, and in the neighbourhood of London, at any rate, could be carried out without any expense whatever. I don't have any evidence of that, but at any rate his movement to do away with whatever he imported was started much earlier. The ones who turned up on the first day, which was I think most of the team, or most of the ones who turned up at any rate, haven't been punished? Also as usual, at any rate with Waters, there is a lesbian love story involved. Nehru had an unusual capacity - unusual among politicians at any rate - to view both sides of the question. But the hardships are in practice not so serious as might appear, at any rate in the case of statements which are ex facie defamatory. Inevitably, some of the experts would be regarded, at any rate by some people, as even more distinguished than others. If they are thus verified, such states may be taken to be universal, at any rate for human beings. Fortunately in England at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. Great story for a kid at any rate, because kids love horrific things. at this (or that) rate If matters continue in this or that way. at this rate, I won't have a job to go back to 这样的话，我就没有工作可干了。 Example sentencesExamples But, in an e-mail to the executive committee, Mr Middleton claims there will be no students left at this rate. We were going to have no chairs left at all, at this rate. So, at this rate, the goal of universal basic education could be attained by 2006: nine years ahead of schedule. Still, it would be pretty hard to include ‘computer consultant’ on my business card at this rate. Heck, at this rate, they'll be bringing back disco and the polyester leisure suit. At that rate, bankers and expense account diners only need apply. Mate, enjoy making fun of our columnists because they've only got a few years left at this rate… This week is going to drag on for ever at this rate. Plus I can do it whilst continuing on with Season 6 of The X-Files on video as I'm never going to get it fiinshed at this rate! Neither are ever likely to get finished at this rate; perhaps I'd be better off turning them into short stories or something. I'll probably end up stabbed in a gutter somewhere at this rate. rate of return The annual income from an investment expressed as a proportion (usually a percentage) of the original investment. Example sentencesExamples Because of the time value of money, the longer the person lives, the lower the rate of return on the investment. It is because the interest deduction impacts an investor's after-tax rate of return. We do not actually attempt to get, say, a 10 percent real rate of return on the investment in our roading system. This steepness indicates a large rate of return from transferring income from the young to the old. The standard story of entry and exit leads to a long-run equilibrium in which all firms earn only a normal rate of return on investment. In order to do that, the tax system must let savers earn the full gross rate of return on their investments. There is a huge problem with the simple assumption that your expected annual rate of return is the same each and every year. It will also use the money for financing investments that will produce a better rate of return than the interest it will have to pay on its new loan notes. It has a high equity content of 80 per cent and a good rate of return. These results show a very high private rate of return to investment in tertiary education. Origin Late Middle English (expressing a notion of 'estimated value'): from Old French, from medieval Latin rata (from Latin pro rata parte (or portione) 'according to the proportional share'), from ratus 'reckoned', past participle of reri. Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight rate² verb reɪtreɪt [with object]archaic Scold (someone) angrily. 〈古〉苛责，怒斥；严责 he rated the young man soundly for his want of respect 他因这个年轻人缺乏礼貌而严厉地训斥了他。 Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. rate³ verbreɪtreɪt British variant spelling of ret noun.1 phr. verb.1 verb.2 rate¹ nounreɪtrāt 1A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure. 比率，率 the crime rate rose by 26 percent Example sentencesExamples The mutation rate is measured as the number of nucleotide substitutions per site per generation. "Food prices played a prominent role in determining the overall inflation rate during the fourth quarter of 2002. Interest rates on credit cards tend to respond to moves in short-term interest rates, which means they are rising. The approximate increase in sampling size can be computed assuming constant rates of evolution. Yet their crime rates, by whatever measure one judged them, were very different. In the first quarter, the clubs have decreased their annualized attrition rate by 3 percent. Therefore, the results use percentile reporting rates instead of standard deviations. Detection rates for violent crime rose from just over 13,000 to more than 15,500. Relapse rates remain high, typically over 70 %. According to the United Nations, this Southern African nation has the world's highest rate of infection. Across the country this year's pass rate soared to 96 per cent - the 22nd annual rise in a row. Even as this nation's crime rate is falling, the prison population is rising. The overall mortality rate was lower in the daily dialysis group (28 versus 46 percent for conventional treatment). However, intense male recombination hotspots should still increase average recombination rates. Curvature is a measure of the local geometry of the surface, while the strain rates measure its relative rate of expansion. The nation's unemployment rate rose just 5.9 percent last month. The rising unemployment rate has apparently caused the government to think twice about more active trade ties with China. Transplantation success rates vary depending on the cause of renal failure. Most importantly, combinations of antioxidant vitamins appear slightly to increase overall mortality rates. The policies should encourage economic growth since inflation rates remain low. Although the theoretical model assumes constant yaw rate, the measured rates are highly dynamic. 1.1 The speed with which something moves, happens, or changes. 速率，速度；进度 your heart rate 你的心率。 Example sentencesExamples They try to judge their speed with its rate of descent, and mistakes happen. Flooding significantly enhanced the rate of photosynthesis at all light levels in both populations. But police say it was traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident happened. As I headed back to my car, a white van passed me at an extraordinary rate of speed. As the officer was about to go after the cars, three more vehicles rounded the curve at a similar rate of speed. It measures the rate at which small disturbances explode exponentially in time. To calculate your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220. Because of the moderate rate of speed, the bicyclist also wants and needs many miles of trails. But we are really moving at an incredible rate to get medicines to the hospitals. But their career may not move at the same rate or in the same direction as they first intended. He added that the streets were not packed with people and the march did not move at a constant rate. Everyone has at some point noticed how people talk at drastically varying rates of speed. Furthermore, the epicycle does not move at a uniform rate with respect to the centre of the deferent or the Earth. It is harder to attack a convoy, however, if it is moving at a high rate of speed. Time is what measures the rate at which everything else changes. The speed of silicon-based processors is limited by the rate at which electrons move round circuits. The gates take a relatively long time to close, so if the person before you moves at a normal rate, you should be able to go in with him/her. Oh who am I kidding, the thought of riding wasn't the only thing that was causing my heart rate to speed up. Near the sun you would increase speed at the rate of 600 mph each second, but you would feel no force acting upon you. One of the principal parameters is the clock speed, the processing rate of the main processor. Synonyms speed, pace, tempo, velocity, momentum 2A fixed price paid or charged for something, especially goods or services. 价格；费用 advertising rates 广告费。 the basic rate of pay Example sentencesExamples The main reason for this move is that the rate of airport expenses of the Universal Postal Union has dropped. I was going to charge them an hourly rate with an estimate of how long I thought it was going to be. Apartments are priced at three rates, depending on the rental guarantees attached. They pay WordPress a fixed rate for this service and then give them the content. At present all non-domestic users pay a fixed rate for water irrespective of the quantity that they use. The analysis also fails to determine the degree to which many economic variables, such as hourly pay rates, are catching up on other parts of Europe. However, mortgage lenders are still offering very tasty fixed and variable rates. Variable rates mean you pay the going rate on your loan. The rental rate includes all the fixed costs of operating a facility expressed on a square footage basis. They also want overtime to be paid at time-and-a-half and double the hourly rate, with full pay for the first six months that miners are off sick. The average hourly rate of pay must not be less than your minimum hourly rate of pay illustrated on the table above. China is not a natural candidate for a fixed exchange rate against the dollar. He said the £16,000 payment to his wife was for clerical work which had been paid at an hourly rate. For similar service and medications, they strive to set their rates similar to market prices. Mr Hughes remained hopeful he may have been signalling a move to cut rates in the near term. The company offers air fares to Germany and Belgium, at rates equal to the prices of bus tickets. According to Martin, daily technical trainer contract rates vary depending on individual areas of specialisation. Borrowers can choose from fixed or variable rates, with terms ranging from five to 30 years, with the longer time frame proving most popular. Due to increased competition there is now a greater choice of mortgages available, including discounted variable rates and fixed rate deals. In Mumbai and Pune, rickshaws have meters, and a fixed rate by which you pay them. Synonyms charge, price, cost, tariff, hire, fare, figure, amount, outlay 2.1 The amount of a charge or payment expressed as a percentage of some other amount, or as a basis of calculation. 费率 you'll find our current interest rate very competitive 你会发现我们目前的利率很具有竞争力。 Example sentencesExamples However, very few if any endowment policies have matched the interest rate being charged on debt and bonds. The Bank of England was ‘clearly ready to move’ on rates if necessary, said the governor, Sir Eddie George. But today's low interest rates have prevented some policies from earning enough to automatically pay those premiums. And, in fact, since the early 1990s interest rates have fallen and loan maturities have lengthened on average. A person on $60,000 pays a marginal tax rate of 47 per cent on the next dollar they earn. A transfer of property between blood relatives is charged at half the rate of stamp duty which would otherwise apply. Why linger with a lender's standard variable rate when you can borrow more cheaply with a bit of effort? The interest accumulates on a daily basis and the rate is 11.75 per cent per annum. If America's central bank moves to increase rates sharply, it will derail the economy and stifle any increase in markets. Repayments will increase dramatically if the rate moves towards 3%, as predicted. If so, he also may be liable for state and local income taxes, which combined amount to a rate of 10.44 per cent. On exiting the scheme, tax is charged at a rate of 23 per cent on the interest earned. Discounted rates offer a permanent discount off the lender's variable rate. The actual average annual exchange rate in 1978 was US $0.877 / CA $1.00. Fifteen-year fixed mortgage rates rose 7 basis points to 5.47 %. If she gets pregnant, the interest rate drops by one basis point for one year. If only one spouse is working, they can earn up to €37,000 before moving to the higher rate of tax. "It is expected that commercial banks will respond by lowering their lending base rates, " he explained. At the moment we think that highly taxed New Zealanders pay a marginal tax rate of 39 percent. Instead, the House voted to cut the maximum tax rates on both dividends and capital gains to 15 percent. Synonyms percentage, ratio, proportion, scale, standard 2.2usually rates (in the UK) a tax on land and buildings paid to the local authority by a business, and formerly also by occupants of private property. （英国地方政府征收的）不动产税（率） Example sentencesExamples Remember, it is our money, directly as taxes and rates or indirectly as rent, that pays for council services. Local government did tax directly; its revenue came from rates collected on land. We council tax payers pay rates to Central Government, which later gives money to the council to pay for such expenses. Local government gained its revenue from rates, a tax on land. Businesses often question what they get in return for paying local authority rates. verbreɪtrāt 1with object Assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale. 评估；对…估价，给…估值 they were asked to rate their ability at different driving maneuvers 他们被要求按不同的驾驶动作评定自己能力。 with object and complement the hotel, rated four star, had no hot water and no sink plugs 这家被评为四星级的宾馆没有热水和浴缸塞子。 Example sentencesExamples Items were rated on a scale from zero to three. Social services in Kingston has retained its top three-star rating following an assessment by the commission for social care. Items are rated on a four-point scale with the anchors strongly agree and strongly disagree. For the effect it had on my skin I would rate it four stars. Almost every one of the albums was rated four stars by customers. The potential of lost work caused by viruses and other malicious software also rated very high. Colm Picked up an injury in training last Saturday and is rated very doubtful. The on-loan Belgian had not trained since then and was rated highly doubtful for tonight. Each recommendation was rated according to the level of scientific information available to support the statement. Only 10 % of films rated PG or PG - 13 contained no smoking. What I meant was the story is rated PG - 13 for language. The four basic physiological components of fitness are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being excellent. But the poor sovereign rating will make it much harder for the country to raise money. I have rated them on a scale of zero to four stars. Until 1999, Star Wars films were rated on a scale of 10 to 10 with no exceptions. A two-star rating means the hospital has performed well overall but has not achieved consistently high standards. The president's high approval rating is rooted in patriotism, not a broad embrace of Bush's conservative policies. It's not exactly possible to rate abortion on a scale of one star to five, is it? Aidan O'Mahony sustained a thigh injury in the drawn encounter, and is rated doubtful. The institute rates cars on a scale of poor, marginal, acceptable and good. All items were rated on a scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. I'd rate it four stars out of five. Lots of duelling in that movie - lots of new monsters. Greek companies had the lowest overall average rating at 2.93 with Japan at 3.57. Renault now has three out of the six cars so far to have achieved a top five-star rating. They achieved a three-star rating for three successive years. They were also asked to describe their outfits on a 7-point Likert scale rating four options: natural, modest, bold, and sexy. In July, its sovereign credit rating was downgraded. But it was rated PG - 13 and faced no new competition. Synonyms assess, evaluate, appraise, weigh up, judge, estimate, calculate, compute, gauge, measure, adjudge, value, put a value on 1.1 Assign a standard, optimal, or limiting rating to (a piece of equipment) 确定（设备）的标准（或最佳效果、限度） its fuel economy is rated at 25 miles a gallon in the city Example sentencesExamples In stock form, the Ecotec is rated at 140 horsepower. The amount of electricity that gets through is also important so look for a product that is rated at least 300 joules - the higher the better. The Opteron is being rated at a thermal design power, or thermal tolerance, of 80 watts, according to sources. The engine is rated at 24 hp at 3400, which is more than sufficient. For example, my digital camera uses four nickel-cadmium batteries that are rated at 1.25 volts and 500 milliamp-hours for each cell. This type of heater typically is rated at 1500-watts. Compared to this, the Transmeta processor in the forthcoming machine from Sony is rated at 600MHz. Symmetrix DMX is rated at 64GBps of peak internal bandwidth, which is a huge leap over the Symmetrix 8000's 1.6GBps. The strongest flares on record, in 1989 and 2001, were rated at X20. The two low magnetic field electric motors feature compensated stray fields and are each rated at 125kW for minehunting. The Holley Dominator four-barrel is rated at 1,050 cfm. The fan is slightly larger than nVidia's reference, and is rated at 10.6CFM. The unit's battery is removable, and is rated at 1200mAh. Hansen's truck is powered by a Brent Voges-built 327-cid engine that is rated at 250 horsepower. Although the TwinX Kit is rated at 400MHz, contrary to popular belief, the speed of the ram is not the single most important factor when shopping for ram. Four diesel engines type 12V595 TE90 from MTU are each rated at 4.2MW. Two of the machines are rated at 56 hp, and two have 81 hp. The transmission system is rated at 900 hp for improved high temperature and high altitude performance. To prevent DVT, the stocking must be rated at least 15 mm Hg to 20 mm Hg compression. The Sterling diesel engine was an 8 cylinder 8x9 engine operating at 1200 rpm and rated at 650 horsepower. 1.2 Assess the value of (a property) for the purpose of levying a local tax. 〈英〉给（财产）核定应缴地方税款 Example sentencesExamples SOME AUSTRALIAN MUNICIPALITIES were rating on unimproved land values as early as the 1850s. The earlier Transvaal Ordinance effectively prevented flat rating or total value rating. Auckland city is the last remaining instance of annual rental value rating - a relic from the nineteenth century. 2with object and adverbial Consider to be of a certain quality, standard, or rank. 给…定级，把…列为；把…看作 with object and complement the program has been rated a great success 人们认为这个节目很成功。 he rates the company's stock a “buy.” Example sentencesExamples Students from the two programs rated their own and their peers' experience of how gender education effects therapy, program culture, and personal life. At present, only office buildings can be rated, but a program for schools will be announced soon, and programs for retail and hospitality facilities are expected out by the end of the year. Kingston has been rated the 27th worst borough in London for quality of life in a survey out this week. For example, in Malaysia and Korea, prospects do not rate themselves highly nor share past successes easily. Yet another Pattern Festival has come and gone and this one has to be rated most successful. How could WorldCom, a company that was in financial trouble, issue bonds that were rated investment grade quality? The judges rated her only mediocre, but she placed third in her group in no small part due to Simon picking on her for her weight. After all, he did win a nationwide poll to find whom the public rated our most honest politician, though I've always considered ‘honest politician’ something of an oxymoron. In a recent blind tasting, judges rated a #15 bottle of American Cabernet Sauvignon over a #250 bottle of 1993 Chteau Petrus. I can't believe I'm rating this so highly, but my judgement is clouded by all the nights out where this got everyone dancing. Bents Green is rated as a highly successful school and during its last inspection it was found to have many strengths and no weaknesses. The magazine's judges have rated Senna the best driver ever, followed by Fangio, Schumacher, Jim Clark and Alain Prost. A recent indoor rugby union Test between Australia and South Africa was rated a success by the host union and stadium officials. Even business magazines in Brazil have rated Porto Alegre as the city with the highest quality of life. So Target's experiment - which may have cost a million dollars - must be rated a resounding success. Having graduated from the university of life through his extensive travels, Martin, a self made man, must be rated among the most successful business people ever to come from the heather county. And out of the 10 specialist services provided at the hospital, such as paediatrics, stroke and heart treatments, eight are rated as being high quality. Even yours truly rated a fleeting mention so of course it must be rated a sterling success. Despite being rated by many good judges as good a lock as has played for Scotland over the past decade, Grimes' international career has run far from smoothly. Upstream of York and as it flowed through the city, the Ouse was rated to be of ‘very good’ biological quality last year. Synonyms consider to be, judge to be, reckon to be, think to be, hold to be, deem to be, find to be 2.1no object, with adverbial Be regarded in a specified way. 被评价；被列入特定级别 Jeff still rates as one of the nicest people I have ever met 杰夫仍然是我见过的最好的人。 Example sentencesExamples Environmental quality rated considerably ahead of CEO preference - frequently alluded to as a key location factor for high tech companies. Neither of us seems to be very sure just how safe blogs are as statements of personal opinion, whether they rate as a public diary or as a written statement of fact. How the schools rated was a key consideration for Greg Turner when he began his full-time MBA at Manchester Business School last year. So how do election counts rate in terms of viewer involvement? A vegetable doesn't have to be high on all counts to be worth growing, especially if it rates better than the cultivar you have been putting in for years. Younis Khan, another young talent rated very highly in his country did his bit at one end. Mr Ahern said that Lissadell House is considered of national importance and is so rated in the national inventory of architectural heritage. Elvis Presley came second, and Unchained Melody, by various artists, also rated highly. 2.2 Be worthy of; merit. 值得，应得 the ambassador rated a bulletproof car and a police escort 大使应该有防弹车和警察护卫队。 Example sentencesExamples By the benchmark of the Rwandan civil war, it would barely rate a mention. Nine's ratings problems and management changes barely rated a mention around the market. He barely rates a mention, naturally, and when he is mentioned he is sneered at. Synonyms merit, deserve, warrant, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, be deserving of, have a claim to, have a right to Phrases at any rate 1Whatever happens or may have happened. 无论如何，不管怎样；至少 for the moment, at any rate, he was safe 不管怎样，他目前很安全。 Example sentencesExamples But at any rate, what taboos will cinema breach after the next twenty-five years, the next fifty? We know only that the transfer was made, at any rate, according to a public statement by Earl Huntley. I am, at any rate, tempted to apply it to creatures like Professors Thornton and Campbell. Such, at any rate, was the answer that rang back at my moment of frustration and paralysis and panic. The workforce has, at any rate, been trimmed down over the years. It is a refreshing change, at any rate, from the world of suited and booted gentry that dominates a channel like CNBC. Synonyms in any case, anyhow, anyway, at all events, in any event, nevertheless 1.1Used to indicate that one is correcting or clarifying a previous statement or emphasizing a following one. 用以表示对上文的纠正、澄清或者对下文的强调至少 the story, or at any rate, a public version of it, was known and remembered 这个故事，或者说至少像街坊所传的，是人人皆知、铭记在心的。 Example sentencesExamples The cure is simplicity itself, and in the neighbourhood of London, at any rate, could be carried out without any expense whatever. I don't have any evidence of that, but at any rate his movement to do away with whatever he imported was started much earlier. Nehru had an unusual capacity - unusual among politicians at any rate - to view both sides of the question. If they are thus verified, such states may be taken to be universal, at any rate for human beings. Great story for a kid at any rate, because kids love horrific things. But the hardships are in practice not so serious as might appear, at any rate in the case of statements which are ex facie defamatory. Also as usual, at any rate with Waters, there is a lesbian love story involved. Fortunately in England at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. The ones who turned up on the first day, which was I think most of the team, or most of the ones who turned up at any rate, haven't been punished? Inevitably, some of the experts would be regarded, at any rate by some people, as even more distinguished than others. at this (or that) rate Used to introduce the prediction of a particular unwelcome eventuality should things continue as they are or if a certain assumption is true. 照这（或那）种情形，既然如此（或那样） at this rate, I won't have a job to go back to 这样的话，我就没有工作可干了。 Example sentencesExamples Plus I can do it whilst continuing on with Season 6 of The X-Files on video as I'm never going to get it fiinshed at this rate! But, in an e-mail to the executive committee, Mr Middleton claims there will be no students left at this rate. This week is going to drag on for ever at this rate. So, at this rate, the goal of universal basic education could be attained by 2006: nine years ahead of schedule. Still, it would be pretty hard to include ‘computer consultant’ on my business card at this rate. At that rate, bankers and expense account diners only need apply. Neither are ever likely to get finished at this rate; perhaps I'd be better off turning them into short stories or something. We were going to have no chairs left at all, at this rate. Heck, at this rate, they'll be bringing back disco and the polyester leisure suit. I'll probably end up stabbed in a gutter somewhere at this rate. Mate, enjoy making fun of our columnists because they've only got a few years left at this rate… Origin Late Middle English (expressing a notion of ‘estimated value’): from Old French, from medieval Latin rata (from Latin pro rata parte (or portione) ‘according to the proportional share’), from ratus ‘reckoned’, past participle of reri. rate² verbrātreɪt [with object]archaic Scold (someone) angrily. 〈古〉苛责，怒斥；严责 he rated the young man soundly for his want of respect 他因这个年轻人缺乏礼貌而严厉地训斥了他。 Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. rate³ verbrātreɪt British variant spelling of ret noun.1 phr. verb.1 verb.2
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