rate

定義

1. 名詞

   The value or quality of something, in old-fashioned use.

   例文

   • His mind was not of the first rate.
   • A man of such rate is rare.
2. 名詞

   How much of one thing compares to another.

   例文

   • He produced pictures at the rate of four a year.
   • Replies came in at the rate of ten to one.
3. 名詞

   How fast something moves.

   例文

   • The car was going at a high rate of speed.
   • The horses could not march at that rate.
4. 名詞

   How fast something changes.

   例文

   • The rate of production at the factory is rising.
   • The rate of recovery has slowed in recent weeks.
5. 名詞

   The price asked for something.

   例文

   • He asked a high rate to take me to the airport.
   • The plumber gave a fair rate for the repair.
6. 名詞

   A fixed price or charge for a service.

   例文

   • Postal rates here are low.
   • The hotel gives a discount rate for weekly stays.
7. 名詞

   The money paid for each hour of work.

   例文

   • We pay an hourly rate of ten to fifteen dollars.
   • Her rate went up after her promotion.
8. 名詞

   A local tax paid by owners of property, in British use.

   例文

   • I hardly have enough left each month to pay the rates.
   • The council raised local rates again this year.
9. 名詞

   A class or rank, such as first-rate.

   例文

   • This textbook is first-rate.
   • The old warship was a third-rate vessel.
10. 名詞

    A fixed amount given out, such as a ration.

    例文

    • Sailors got a strict daily rate of water.
    • The rate of food was small in the winter.