Tim's using 'invite' as a noun, instead of the word 'invitation'.

Tim没有使用名次invitation而是直接把invite当成名词在使用。

I entered a poem, too. But I didn't win anything.

我一首诗参加， 可是没有获得任何名次。

If Gryffindor won, they would move up into second place in the house championship.

如果格兰芬多队赢，他们在院杯赛名次就会升到第二名。

Class Two, our class, did better than last year and was second.

我们二班名次比去年有所上升，今年位居第二。

Sporting contests have the objective clarity of finishing positions; most jobs lack such simple metrics.

体育竞赛有客观且明确名次，而大多数工作缺乏这样简单衡量标准。

Ideally, something where the higher seed gets to pick the surface.

理想情况下，名次较高种子选手可以选场地。

I just hope we don't get relegated again… Are you a football fan?

我只希望我们名次不要再下降… … 你是个足球迷吗？

One Santa said that even if you finish last, it's being there that counts.

一位圣诞老说，名次并不重要，重要是参与。

The kids are all going to be timed, tested and ranked against each other.

所有生都将经过计时测试，排出名次高低。

Men (and their families) splash out on property to improve their position in the marriage queue.

男性（及其家）大肆买房以提高自己在婚姻这条长队名次。

At Bohunt, the kids are used to grades, but they've never been ranked against each other.

在博航特，孩子们通常会拿到得分，但他们从未排出过名次高低。

How important was it for you to show the world it's OK to adjust each other's crowns?

对你来说，让世界知道名次是可以改变有多重要?

“Fifty? ” Harry gasped, they would lose the lead, the lead he'd won in the last Quidditch match.

“五十？”哈利觉得喘不过气来，他们领先地位保不住，这名次还是他在上次魁地奇比赛好不容易赢来。

His father Adam is also a ranked player and there’s a bit of friendly rivalry in the household.

他父亲Adam是一个能排上名次桌上弹球选手，在他们家里上演着一场友谊赛。

In the dictionary when you look up this word you'll see [U] or a [C] next to that noun.

当你在词典里查这个词是你会看见在名次旁有[U] 或者一个[C]。

No. No, actually you did… which makes total sense because I'm second in our class and you're somewhere around.

没有 没有 没有实际上被你得到这相当合理 因为我是班级第二名 而你则徘徊在某些名次上。

It began its impressive climb up the charts in the 1980s, at the height of singer Michael Jackson's popularity.

上世纪80年代，在歌手迈克尔·杰克逊最受欢迎时候，它在榜单上名次就开始上升，这一点令印象十分深刻。

Good training is always desirable, whether the race be for place, cup, or sweepstakes.

良好训练总是可取，无论比赛是名次、杯赛还是抽奖。

So yeah, Cooper, I would say probably boosted it a few spots by himself, but.

所以没错，库珀，我想他大概自己就提升几个名次，不过。

Now you can't place or do anything anymore.

现在你无法取得名次，无法再做任何事情。