the rankings [] an official list showing how good or important people or things are in relation to other similar people or things 地位；排名；排位◆The company jumped from bottom place in last year's FT rankings to ninth this year. 这家公司从去年《金融时报》排名的最後一位跃升到今年的第九位。◆first place in the plant's productivity rankings 在工厂里生产效率排名第一
[] the position of sb/sth in this list 等级◆Six companies have achieved a four-star ranking. 六家公司获得了四星级。
[] the action of giving a position in a list to sb/sth 排名◆the annual ranking of fastest-growing companies 增长最快的公司的年度排名