The lower house of the Czech Parliament voted 101 to 96 to declare no confidence in the coalition government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, after four lawmakers broke rank with their parties and voted with the opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

And response back is "Well, yes, we had people at the table, but they were Oxford educated and they didn't represent the rank-and-file people in my culture."

而他们得到的回应是,“是的，的确如此，可是那些人读的可是牛津大学,他们并不能代表,我们的普通民众“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

They formed the rank and file of the republican armies in England against the rule of the king.

在反抗国王统治的战争中,正是他们,组成了这支共和军。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

She's rank, ill-tempered, pungent in all senses.

不管怎么说都粗鄙，坏脾气，刻薄。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选