rungs是什么意思？

rungs

英['rʌŋz] 美['rʌŋz]

• n. 阶梯( rung的名词复数 )，职位的高层，（椅子等）横档；

例句

• The ladder has eight rungs. 这梯子有八级.
• His promotion has moved him up several rungs on the management ladder. 他获得提升,在管理阶层中提高了好几级.
• Hard work and long hours are rungs in the ladder of success. 刻苦努力和孜孜不倦是成功的梯阶.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• Rung is the past participle of ring .
• N-COUNT
  梯级;横档
  The rungs on a ladder are the wooden or metal bars that form the steps.
  例句
  I swung myself onto the ladder and felt for the next rung. 我纵身跳到梯子上，摸索着下一根横档。
• N-COUNT
  (事业、组织、进程中的)级别，等级，地位
  If you reach a particular rung in your career, in an organization, or in a process, you reach that level in it.
  例句
  I first worked with him in 1971 when we were both on the lowest rung of our careers... 我第一次和他共事是在1971年，那时我们的事业都刚刚起步。 There has never been a better time to get on the first rung of the property ladder. 迈出置业第一步的最佳时机莫过于此。