| 单词 | to rise from the ranks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rise from the ranks c. to rise from the ranks: (of a private or non-commissioned officer) to receive a commission, to become a commissioned officer; (in extended use) to advance through one's own efforts to a high position in a hierarchy from a relatively low level. Cf. sense 3e. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > be ranked socially [verb (intransitive)] > climb socially climba1240 risec1390 ascend1751 to rise from the ranks1798 social climb1929 society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > be appointed to rank [verb (intransitive)] > rise from ranks to rise from the ranks1798 1798 H. Brand Conflict v. iv, in Plays & Poems 231 In five years a peasant youth Rose from the Ranks, distinguished by his Sword, To be..what now I am. 1853 J. Ruskin Let. 6 Nov. in M. Lutyens Millais & Ruskins (1967) 106 Mr. Beveridge [has]..been effecting singular cures..and rose from the ranks—as Jephson did. 1895 Harper's Mag. Sept. 530/1 He did permit privates to rise from the ranks and become officers, but only for the duration of the war. 1936 B. Kellermann Tunnel ii. iii. 84 There was no doubt about the fact that Woolf had risen from the ranks. 1977 Times 2 June 15/7 St. George..is acclaimed as a soldier who rose from the ranks to become a tribune. 2002 Guardian 6 July i. 18/5 Directors tend to rise from the ranks of cinematographers and other technical crafts. < as lemmas |
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