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词汇 example_english_upper-rank
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upper ranks

collocation in English

meanings of upperand rank


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upper
adjective[before noun]
uk /ˈʌp.ər/ us /ˈʌp.ɚ/
at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part ...
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rank
noun
uk /ræŋk/ us /ræŋk/
a position in an organization, such as the army, showing the importance of the person ...
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Examples of upper ranks


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In addition, the upperrank of the west grandstand was completely roofed.
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Most of the letters that have come down to us stem from the upper ranks.
He did not have to make all of his upper-class men reprehensible, though his prominent villains are from the upper ranks.
Only about a quarter of the fathers of these bureaucrats came from the upper ranks of society (industrialists and lawyers, for example).
This is a long-standing convention of working-class literature, where the real threat to the peace of the community comes from the unrestrained upper ranks, not an unruly working class.
I see no reason why the upper ranks should not give the same quota in pro portion as the lower ratings.
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I suspect that he may well be judged in the long term to have been in the upper ranks of holders of that office.
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We rely very much on the experience of those in the upper ranks.
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The upper ranks are losing money, and several high-ranking officers have given me examples.
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If there is no confusion in the upper ranks, gradually things will get right.
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That would have left six or eight men from whom to choose in the upper ranks.
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However, there is another aspect to this problem: eavesdropping is becoming an obsession among some politicians and the upper ranks of the current special services.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
At the time the upper ranks of the army visibly took part, as they have now again.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The best of them are set to go on to the upper ranks, to staff training, to technical training, to become warrant officers, majors, colonels, and so on.
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Hansard archive

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In the upper ranks, most of the present officers will reach the normal end of their careers during the next five years, so that no large problem arises there.
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The upper ranks of the battalion was made up of distinguished people from the community filling the ranks of officers.
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Because he refuses to play the game, he is very unpopular with the upper ranks, despite being very good at his job.
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Suk broke into the upper ranks of the sport at a relatively advanced age.
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