rate
noun [ C ] uk/reɪt/ us/reɪt/
(MEASURE)
B2 率，比率;速率;速度;进度
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a particular period
Although she's recovering from her illness, her rate of progress is quite slow. 尽管病情正在好转，但她康复的速度仍很慢。
I told my assistants to work at their own rate. 我告诉我的助手们按照他们自己的进度工作。
The taxi was going at a tremendous rate. 出租车飞速奔驰。
the growth/inflation/mortality/unemployment, etc. rate 增长率／通货膨胀率／死亡率／失业率等
The drug has a high success/failure rate. 这种药物治疗疾病的成功率／失败率很高。
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- Over the last year, the rate of inflation has crept up to almost 7 percent.
- The success rate was abnormally high.
- We'll be lucky if we get there by midnight at this rate.
- The city's most shocking statistic is its high infant mortality rate.
- The survey found no correspondence between crime and unemployment rates.
(PAYMENT)
B2 价格；费用
an amount or level of payment
We agreed a rate with the painter before he started work. 开工前，我们和油漆工谈好了工钱。
What's the going (= standard) rate for this type of work? 这种工作一般酬金是多少？
Do you pay your mortgage on a fixed or variable rate (= of interest)? 你怎样还抵押贷款，是定额偿付还是不定额偿付？
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- The new phone rates will affect all consumers including businesses.
- The lower tax rate is particularly advantageous to poorer families.
- Our expectations are that the UK will cut its interest rate.
- We charge a flat rate of $25 per hour.
- The hotel has a special discount rate for newlyweds.
(TAX)
rates [ plural ] （澳大利亚以及旧时英国的）房产税，房地产税
a local tax paid in Australia, and in Britain in the past, by the owners of houses and other buildings
I see rates are going up again.
Have we paid our rates?
How much are our rates?
Some citizens were refusing to pay their rates.
People are struggling to pay their rates.
People were saying they'd rather go to jail than pay their rates.
Instead of rates we now have Council Tax, in which people pay according to the value of their property.
Idioms
at a rate of knotsidiom UK 很快地，飞快地，迅速地
If someone does something at a rate of knots, they do it very quickly.
She got through her work at a rate of knots. 她很快做完了工作。
at any rateidiom C2 无论如何，不管怎样
whatever happens
Well, I'm not going home on foot, at any rate. 哼，无论如何我都不会步行回家。
（表示更确切地说明）不管怎样，至少
something you say to show that you are going to say something more exactly
I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it. 我觉得他们不喜欢我的主意，至少他们不是很热心。
at this rateidiom C2 照此情形，如此下去
if the situation stays as it is
At this rate, we won't be home until midnight. 照这样下去，我们得半夜才能到家。
rate
verb [ T ] uk/reɪt/ us/reɪt/
(JUDGE)
C1 评估;评价;估价
to judge the value or character of someone or something
How do you rate him as a football player? 你怎么评价他作为一个足球运动员的表现？
She is rated very highly by the people she works for. 雇主对她的评价都很高。
informal "What do you think of her as a singer?" "I don't really rate her (= I do not think that she is very good)." “你认为她作为一个歌手表现如何？”“我认为她不怎么样。”
I rate cars as one of the worst polluters of the environment. 我认为汽车是污染环境的罪魁祸首之一。
[ + obj + noun ] On a scale of one to ten, I'd rate his book a five. 满分是10分的话，我给他这本书打5分。
Traffic accidents are so frequent that they don't rate a mention (= are not considered to be worth reporting) in the newspaper unless a lot of people are killed. 撞车事故太频繁了，所以除非造成多人死亡，否则报纸对这样的事儿都不屑一提。
See also: underrateoverrate
rate as something 认为是；评价为
to be considered to be something of a particular quality
That rates as the worst film I've ever seen. 那是我看过的最蹩脚的电影。
That has to rate as the best vegan chocolate mousse you've ever had.
He's recently signed Jamie Cooper, who he rates as the best Under-21 keeper in the UK.
That rates as one of the most interesting podcast I've ever listened to.
We've stayed in a lot of great houses over the years but this rates as the nicest.
(TAX)
UK（旧时英国为收房产税而）给（房屋）核定应缴税款
In Britain in the past, a building was rated to decide how much local tax the owner should pay.