rates

1. N-COUNT 速度；速率
   The rate at which something happens is the speed with which it happens.
   1. The rate at which hair grows can be agonisingly slow...
      头发生长的速度可能极其缓慢。
   2. The world's tropical forests are disappearing at an even faster rate than experts had thought.
      世界上热带森林消失的速度比专家们预想的还要快。
2. N-COUNT 比率;频率
   The rate at which something happens is the number of times it happens over a period of time.
   1. New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week...
      新的饮食类书籍差不多一周出一本。
   2. His heart rate was 30 beats per minute slower...
      他的心率每分钟慢了30次。
   3. Britain held the unenviable record of having the highest divorce rate in Europe.
      英国在欧洲各国中保持着不光彩的最高离婚率纪录。
3. See also: Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p at all other times. ...specially reduced rates for travellers using Gatwick Airport... East German wages were converted at the rate of one old East mark for one Deutschmark. exchange rate
4. N-COUNT 税率；利率
   The rate of taxation or interest is the amount of tax or interest that needs to be paid. It is expressed as a percentage of the amount that is earned, gained as profit, or borrowed.
   1. The government insisted that it would not be panicked into interest rate cuts.
      政府坚称不会陷入恐慌而匆忙降息。
5. N-PLURAL （英国）地方税，不动产税，房地产税
   In Britain, the rates were a local tax which you paid if you owned property or if you rented property without furniture.
   1. Soldiers were exempt from paying rates...
      士兵免缴地方税。
   2. The new council tax combines elements of both the community charge and the rates.
      新的家庭税合并了人头税和地方税两个税种。
6. V-ERG 评价;评级;评定
   If you rate someone or something as good or bad, you consider them to be good or bad. You can also say that someone or something rates as good or bad.
   1. Of all the men in the survey, they rate themselves the least fun-loving and the most responsible...
      在所有参加调查的人中，他们认为自己最不贪玩、最负责任。
   2. The film was rated excellent by 90 per cent of children...
      90%的孩子都表示这部电影很精彩。
   3. Most rated it a hit...
      大多数人认为它很受欢迎。
   4. We rate him as one of the best...
      我们认为他是其中佼佼者之一。
   5. She rated the course highly...
      她对这门课的评价很高。
   6. Reading books does not rate highly among Britons as a leisure activity.
      读书并非英国人很喜欢的休闲活动。
   7. ...the most highly rated player in English football.
      英格兰足球界最受好评的球员
7. VERB 看好；瞧得上
   If you rate someone or something, you think that they are good.
   1. It's flattering to know that other clubs have shown interest and seem to rate me...
      得知其他俱乐部对我感兴趣并看好我令我受宠若惊。
   2. Its artistic value failed to move Paddy Clegg. 'I don't know what all the fuss is about. I didn't rate it at all,' he said.
      它的艺术价值没能打动帕迪·克莱格。“我不知道这样大惊小怪是为什么。我一点儿也不看好它，”他说道。
8. V-PASSIVE 把…评为;把…认定为;把…列为
   If someone or something is rated at a particular position or rank, they are calculated or considered to be in that position on a list.
   1. He is generally rated Italy's No. 3 industrialist...
      他被公认为意大利第三大实业家。
   2. He came here rated 100th on the tennis computer.
      他以网坛排名第100名的身份来到这里。
9. VERB 值得;应该得到
   If you say that someone or something rates a particular reaction, you mean that this is the reaction you consider to be appropriate.
   1. This is so extraordinary, it rates a medal and a phone call from the President...
      这简直不可思议，应该得到一枚奖章以及总统的电话祝贺。
   2. In those crowded streets her attire did not rate a second glance.
      在那些拥挤的街道她的穿着并未引起注意。
10. See also: rating
11. PHRASE 至少
    You use at any rate to indicate that what you have just said might be incorrect or unclear in some way, and that you are now being more precise.
    1. She modestly suggests that 'sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference'...
       她谨慎地提出“性别，至少是男女的性征，也许能解释这个差异”。
    2. He is the least appealing character, to me at any rate.
       他是其中最没有吸引力的角色，至少对我来说是这样。
12. PHRASE 不管怎样，无论如何（表示现在所说的话更为重要、而非之前所言）
    You use at any rate to indicate that the important thing is what you are saying now, and not what was said before.
    1. At any rate, Pankin said that relations between the two nations will be restored before the conference...
       不管怎样，潘金说两国之间的关系将在会谈之前恢复。
    2. Well, at any rate, let me thank you for all you did.
       好吧，不管怎样，还是要感谢你所做的一切。
13. PHRASE 这样下去；长此以往；如此一来
    If you say that at this rate something bad or extreme will happen, you mean that it will happen if things continue to develop as they have been doing.
    1. At this rate, she would be almost seven feet tall by then...
       这样下去，她到时将有7英尺高了。
    2. At this rate they'd be lucky to get home before eight-thirty or nine.
       这样看来他们能在8点半或是9点以前到家就算幸运了。

1. Most Middle Eastern countries have extremely high rates of population growth
   大多数中东国家的人口增长率都极高。
2. Bank base rates of 7 per cent are too high.
   7%的银行基准利率太高了。
3. Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
   利率有望早日下调，从而增强了人们的信心。
4. The prices in brackets are special rates for the under 18s
   括号中的价格是年龄在18岁以下的消费者可以享受的特别优惠价。
5. High interest rates do not point to a buoyant market this year
   今年的高利率并不表明市场繁荣。
6. In times of currency crisis interest rates can be raised as a sign that a government is in command.
   在发生货币危机的时期，利率会提高，以表明政府有控制力。
7. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
   由于出生率下降，产科服务会随之削减。
8. The government is in a corner on interest rates
   政府在利率问题上陷入了困境。
9. We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
   我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。
10. We think lower German interest rates in due course will allow European currencies to depreciate against the dollar bloc.
    我们认为较低的德国利率到时候将容许欧洲货币相对于美元集团货币发生贬值。
11. The government's policy of high interest rates is having a detrimental effect on industry.
    政府的高利率政策正对工业产生不利影响。
12. Interest rates came down today
    今天利率下调了。
13. Last week, banks and building societies were hanging fire on interest rates.
    上周，银行和建屋互助会推迟了就利率问题作出决定。
14. Interest rates went up
    利率上调了。
15. There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices.
    人们对经济、利率和房价啧有烦言。
16. The higher rates have been a hindrance to economic recovery
    高利率已经成为经济复苏的障碍。
17. The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 percent
    中央银行已将利率调低了两个百分点。
18. Europe's economies have converged in several areas. More interestingly, there has been convergence in economic growth rates
    欧洲的经济已在多个领域互相趋同；更有意思的是，各国经济增长率也渐趋一致。
19. The one point cut in interest rates was a wise move
    将利率降低一个点是明智的举措。
20. Inflation would be lower and so nominal rates would be rather more attractive in real terms
    通货膨胀会更低，因此名义利率换算成实际利率会更具吸引力。
21. The economy is expanding, notching up high growth rates.
    经济在发展，实现了高增长率。
22. The prevalent view is that interest rates will fall.
    人们普遍认为利率会下降。
23. Low interest rates are bad news for savers.
    低利率对于储蓄者来说是个坏消息。
24. Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the US economy
    利率可能很快就会下调，从而刺激美国经济。
25. High interest rates have stunted economic growth.
    高利率已经阻碍了经济的增长。
26. Inflation will fall and thereafter so will interest rates
    通货膨胀率将下跌，随后利率也将下降。
27. Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates.
    贫困、文盲与高出生率密切相关。
28. Rates of interest for this type of borrowing can be high
    这种类型的借款利率可能会很高。
29. Buyers cleared the day's cattle run at steady rates.
    买主以稳定的价格买光了这一天牵到集市来的牲口。

noun

1. a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)