单词 | middle-ranking |
释义 | middle-ranking From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmiddle-rankingˌmiddle-ˈranking adjectivehaving a responsible job or position, but not among the most important people in a company middle-ranking officers and bureaucratsExamples from the Corpusmiddle-ranking• The number of committed liberals among the middle-ranking landowners who dominated the zemstvos was not large.• Yet the symptoms of decline were tangible and created a growing sense of embattlement among middle-ranking landowners.• The stocky, pixie-faced minister realised he was unlikely to move beyond his middle-ranking position in the Tory hierarchy.• In relative terms, Britain was shown to be a middle-ranking power with her ability to take independent military action strictly limited.• Even the middle-ranking provincial posts continued to attract humbler noblemen who often took them up after retiring from the army. |
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