rank and file
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌrank and ˈfile noun the rank and file ORDINARYthe ordinary members of an organization rather than the leaders 〔组织中的〕普通成员 The rank and file of the party had lost confidence in the leadership. 普通党员已对领导层失去了信任。 —rank-and-file adjective [only before noun] the rank-and-file members of the trade union 工会的普通成员
Examples from the Corpus
rank and file• The enemy succeeded in capturing myself and 2,200 rank and file, many of them being wounded.• Dalton seems to have been worried that the Party rank and file would be bewildered by the turn around.• Indeed, most Tories sought to distance themselves from the actions of their own supporters amongst the rank and file.• Social control of the rank and file, in its formal disciplinary guise, had a multitude of possibilities.• Now I could almost resent the rank and file, up there hogging every scene.• While I have no special bond with the rank and file, I do sometimes have one with the officers.• The rank and file were drawn from forced levies laid upon the tax-paying population.• The other three Hardin dismissed almost immediately; they were rank and file on the face of them.From Longman Business Dictionaryrank and fileˌrank and ˈfile noun the rank and file the ordinary members of a union, who are not union officialsSo far, leaders are maintaining discipline among the rank and file. —rank-and-file adjective [only before a noun]rank-and-file union membersˌrank and ˈfile nounChineseSyllable
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rank and file
ˌrank and ˈfile
noun
the rank and file the ordinary members of an organization rather than the leaders:
The rank and file of the party had lost confidence in the leadership.
—rank-and-file adjective [only before noun]:
the rank-and-file members of the trade union
ˌrank and ˈfile
nounthe rank and file the ordinary members of an organization rather than the leaders:
—rank-and-file adjective [only before noun]: