rank and file
noun[+ sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌræŋk ən ˈfaɪl/us/ˌræŋk ən ˈfaɪl/theordinaryworkersin acompanyor theordinarymembersof anorganization, and not theleaders:
普通职工;普通成员;普通士兵Theparty'srankandfilearebeginningtoquestiontheprimeminister'schoiceofadvisers.广大基层党员开始质疑首相对其顾问的选择是否恰当。
[before noun]rank-and-filepoliceofficers大多数普通警察拒绝了新近提出的工资方案。
Ordinary people
- banausic
- community
- Essex girl
- everyman
- grassroots
- John Doe
- John Q. Public
- man/woman of the peopleidiom
- mass
- mass market
- mortal
- omnibus
- popular
- popularly
- prole
- public
- rabble
- the common manidiom
- the man/woman in the streetidiom
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibusidiom