rate /reit/ I. n. 1. (只用sing.) 率，比率，速度：the rate of exchange 兑换率；walk at the rate of 3 miles an hour 以每小时3英里的速度走路［考句］Recycling wastes slows down the rate at which we use up the Earth’s finite resources.废物回收再利用减缓了我们用尽地球上有限资源的速度。2.［c］价格，费: be sold at a high rate 以高价出售； buy apples at the rate of 3 yuan a jin 以3元1斤的价格买苹果；cut the transport rates 减低运费 3. 用于短语：at any rate 无论如何；精确地说：Well, I’m not going home on foot, at any rate.不管怎么说，我反正不能够步行回家。I don’t think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren’t very enthusiastic about it. 我认为他们并不喜欢我的主意。说准确点，他们对此没有多少热情。at this rate 照此速度，照这样下去：At this rate, we won’t be home till midnight. 照这样的速度，我们得到半夜才能到家。‖II. vt. 1. 估价，评价：rate an achievement high 高度评价一项成就 He didn’t rate the machine above its real value. 他没有对机器估价过高。 2. 列为：He is rated (as) a good doctor. 他被看作是好的医生。The experts rated his paintings (as)poor but representative of their class.专家们把他的油画评为次类，但认为代表了他们的类型。This truck is rated among the best of its kind. 这种卡车在同类型中是最好的。