He served in the ranks for most of the war.

战争期间，他大部分时间都在部队服役。

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Such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.

这些人经受的压力通常比那些职位刚好低于他们的人要小。

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They rose in the ranks by smoking cigarettes, breaking rules and playing jokes on others.

他们抽烟，破坏规则，开他人玩笑，因此在学校的地位不断提升。

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Military observers say Mr.Medvedev's rearmament program is designed in part to offset dissatisfaction in the ranks with a Kremlin plan to downsize Russia's armed forces.

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He was a master of English style and prose, and his work ranks among the very greatest in this or any other language.

他是英文写作的大师，他的作品不管在哪种语言里,都是佼佼者。

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He did not ever imagine the abandonment of the table of ranks, which set everybody in a hierarchy, not for a minute-- we're talking about the end of the end of the 17th and 18th century.

他绝不会想要抛弃一个,把每个人都划分阶层的等级社会,从来没有动过这个念头,我们说的是在十七世纪末到十八世纪初

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But for those who can move up in the ranks, the job can have its perks.

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Notably, China has risen in the ranks from 8th place in 2006 to fourth in 2010.

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What could cut this phase short is dissension in the ranks and key executive departures.

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