the ranks

a) SSOPPGthe people who belong to a particular organization or group 〔组织或团体的〕成员

in/within ... ranks

There were splits in the party ranks on this issue.

在这个问题上党内成员意见不一。

The Democrats now face opposition from within their own ranks.

民主党现在面临党内成员的反对。

the ranks of

Most are recruited from the ranks of people who studied Latin and Greek at university.

招来的人大多在大学里修读过拉丁文和希腊语。

That summer I left school and joined the ranks of (=became one of) the unemployed.

那年夏天，我从学校毕业，加入了失业者的行列。

b) PMall the members of the army, navy etc who are not officers 普通士兵

He rose from the ranks to become a Field Marshal (=he became an officer after starting as an ordinary soldier).

他从普通士兵升到了陆军元帅。

Examples from the Corpus

the ranks• With the onset of World War 11, the ranks were severely depleted, and the forest work camps were closed.• Bugs Bunny and other Warner cartoon characters wait to greet you, alongside the ranks of popcorn dispensers.• After the war, Gilroy rose quickly in the ranks.• The layoffs cut deep into the ranks of the city's health workers.• She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood!• Both received top scores on their university examinations and joined the ranks of scholars.• You found out that we're monitoring the ranks of the military, Academicians and priests.• The ships rode at anchor, their crews merely swelling the ranks of the spectators.• At that time a new dance director had risen through the ranks.• In addition to this, the bureaucratic leaderships do not facilitate bringing revolutionary Marxist educational mate rial to the ranks.

→ the ranks at rank1(1)

词汇	the ranks
释义	the ranks the ranks a) SSOPPGthe people who belong to a particular organization or group 〔组织或团体的〕成员 in/within ... ranks There were splits in the party ranks on this issue. 在这个问题上党内成员意见不一。 The Democrats now face opposition from within their own ranks. 民主党现在面临党内成员的反对。 the ranks of Most are recruited from the ranks of people who studied Latin and Greek at university. 招来的人大多在大学里修读过拉丁文和希腊语。 That summer I left school and joined the ranks of (=became one of) the unemployed. 那年夏天，我从学校毕业，加入了失业者的行列。 b) PMall the members of the army, navy etc who are not officers 普通士兵 He rose from the ranks to become a Field Marshal (=he became an officer after starting as an ordinary soldier). 他从普通士兵升到了陆军元帅。 Examples from the Corpus the ranks• With the onset of World War 11, the ranks were severely depleted, and the forest work camps were closed.• Bugs Bunny and other Warner cartoon characters wait to greet you, alongside the ranks of popcorn dispensers.• After the war, Gilroy rose quickly in the ranks.• The layoffs cut deep into the ranks of the city's health workers.• She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood!• Both received top scores on their university examinations and joined the ranks of scholars.• You found out that we're monitoring the ranks of the military, Academicians and priests.• The ships rode at anchor, their crews merely swelling the ranks of the spectators.• At that time a new dance director had risen through the ranks.• In addition to this, the bureaucratic leaderships do not facilitate bringing revolutionary Marxist educational mate rial to the ranks. → the ranks at rank1(1)
随便看	in our midst in our/their midst in/out of bond in possession of your faculties in possession of your senses in power in power to do in practical terms in practice in principle in print in private in process in progress in prospect in public in pursuance of in pursuance of something in pursuance of sth input inputs inputted inputter inputting in quantity