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.
权威例句
1. The president's approval rating had risen.
总统的支持率上升了。
2. Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three - star rating .
四家餐馆获授予 三星级 餐馆的最高荣誉称号.
3. It is a ship with a rating of 500, 000 tons.
这是一艘五十万吨级的船.
4. New public opinion polls show the president's approval rating at its lowest point since he took office.
新的民意调查显示总统的支持率跌到了他就职以来的最低点。
5. Harold's rating of some of his brother's creations wasn't very flattering.