rate

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。

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？

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。

“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。

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。

That rates as the worst film I've ever seen.

那是我看过的最蹩脚的电影。