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Oxford University has been ranked first in an international league table for the fourth year in a row. The annual Times Higher Education world rankings put Cambridge in third place and Imperial College London in tenth. But there is a warning from the compilers of the rankings that other UK universities are "struggling to hold their own" against global rivals. They warn Germany is "poised to overtake" the UK in having the most top universities in Europe. The rankings show Oxford once again named as the best university in the world, ahead of a US university - the California Institute of Technology - in second place.

rank vt. 把……分等級(jí) n. 等級(jí)
· be ranked first/second: 排名第一/第二
league table: 名次表，排名表
· exam/test league table: 考試排名表
· school league table: 學(xué)校排名表
compiler n. 編纂者；匯編者
hold their own against sb.: 在困難的情況下脫穎而出
· He was a good enough player to hold his own against the Americans.
他是一個(gè)很好的球員，足以在與美國(guó)人的比賽中站穩(wěn)腳跟。
poise vt. 保持（某種姿勢(shì)）；使穩(wěn)定
· be poised to do sth. =be ready to do sth.: 準(zhǔn)備著做某事
overtake vt. 超過(guò)；趕上
· 同類構(gòu)詞: overcrowd/overrun/overcome/oversee

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