rank and file

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ˌrank and ˈfile noun

the rank and file ORDINARYthe ordinary members of an organization rather than the leaders 〔组织中的〕普通成员

The rank and file of the party had lost confidence in the leadership.

普通党员已对领导层失去了信任。

Examples from the Corpus

the rank and file• rank-and-file members• The rank and file has lost confidence in the party leadership.• conflict between union leaders and the rank and file at an Alfa Romeo factory• The policy will now have to be approved by the rank and file.

—rank-and-file adjectiveadj [only before noun]

the rank-and-file members of the trade union

工会的普通成员

Examples from the Corpus

rank and file• The enemy succeeded in capturing myself and 2,200 rank and file, many of them being wounded.• Dalton seems to have been worried that the Party rank and file would be bewildered by the turn around.• Indeed, most Tories sought to distance themselves from the actions of their own supporters amongst the rank and file.• Social control of the rank and file, in its formal disciplinary guise, had a multitude of possibilities.• Now I could almost resent the rank and file, up there hogging every scene.• While I have no special bond with the rank and file, I do sometimes have one with the officers.• The rank and file were drawn from forced levies laid upon the tax-paying population.• The other three Hardin dismissed almost immediately; they were rank and file on the face of them.

From Longman Business Dictionary

rank and fileˌrank and ˈfile noun

the rank and file the ordinary members of a union, who are not union officials

So far, leaders are maintaining discipline among the rank and file.

—rank-and-file adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

rank-and-file union members

词汇	rank and file
释义	rank and file Word family adjectiverankedrankingnounrankerranknessrankadverbrankly ˌrank and ˈfile noun the rank and file ORDINARYthe ordinary members of an organization rather than the leaders 〔组织中的〕普通成员 The rank and file of the party had lost confidence in the leadership. 普通党员已对领导层失去了信任。 Examples from the Corpus the rank and file• rank-and-file members• The rank and file has lost confidence in the party leadership.• conflict between union leaders and the rank and file at an Alfa Romeo factory• The policy will now have to be approved by the rank and file. —rank-and-file adjectiveadj [only before noun] the rank-and-file members of the trade union 工会的普通成员 Examples from the Corpus rank and file• The enemy succeeded in capturing myself and 2,200 rank and file, many of them being wounded.• Dalton seems to have been worried that the Party rank and file would be bewildered by the turn around.• Indeed, most Tories sought to distance themselves from the actions of their own supporters amongst the rank and file.• Social control of the rank and file, in its formal disciplinary guise, had a multitude of possibilities.• Now I could almost resent the rank and file, up there hogging every scene.• While I have no special bond with the rank and file, I do sometimes have one with the officers.• The rank and file were drawn from forced levies laid upon the tax-paying population.• The other three Hardin dismissed almost immediately; they were rank and file on the face of them. From Longman Business Dictionary rank and fileˌrank and ˈfile noun the rank and file the ordinary members of a union, who are not union officials So far, leaders are maintaining discipline among the rank and file. —rank-and-file adjectiveadj [only before a noun] rank-and-file union members
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