1530s, "a fixing of rates," verbal noun from rate (v.2). Meaning "a classification according to rates" is from 1764. Ratings of TV programs, originally radio programs, began 1930 in U.S. under system set up by U.S. pollster and market researcher Archibald M. Crossley (1896-1985), and were called Crossley ratings or Crossleys until ratings began to be preferred c. 1947.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The president's approval rating had risen.
總統(tǒng)的支持率上升了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three - star rating .
四家餐館獲授予 三星級(jí) 餐館的最高榮譽(yù)稱號(hào).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. It is a ship with a rating of 500, 000 tons.
這是一艘五十萬(wàn)噸級(jí)的船.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. New public opinion polls show the president's approval rating at its lowest point since he took office.