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.
雙語例句
1. The president's approval rating had risen.
總統的支持率上升了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three - star rating .
四家餐館獲授予 三星級 餐館的最高榮譽稱號.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. It is a ship with a rating of 500, 000 tons.
這是一艘五十萬噸級的船.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. New public opinion polls show the president's approval rating at its lowest point since he took office.
新的民意調查顯示總統的支持率跌到了他就職以來的最低點。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Harold's rating of some of his brother's creations wasn't very flattering.