pecking order

英 [ˈpekɪŋ ˈɔːdə(r)]

美 [ˈpekɪŋ ˈɔːrdər]

n.  啄序; (群体中的)尊卑秩序，权势等级

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （群体中的）尊卑秩序，权势等级
  The pecking orderof a group is the way that the positions people have are arranged according to their status or power within the group.
  1. He knew his place in the pecking order...
     他知道自己排老几。
  2. They both came from families fairly far down the social pecking order.
     他们两个都来自社会最底层的家庭。

英英释义

noun

• the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
  Synonym:hierarchypower structure

双语例句

• And even a well-meaning Google can have devastating effects on companies that fall foul of its secret judgments on where they should rank in the decisive pecking order of the search world.
  而且，即使谷歌的本意是好的，也可能对那些冒犯其神秘排序算法的公司造成毁灭性影响因为这些公司在搜索世界中决定性的排名如何，要由那些算法决定。
• They both came from families fairly far down the social pecking order.
  他们两个都来自社会最底层的家庭。
• Taking an important place in new capital structure theory centered with asymmetry of information, pecking order theory gains support from relative foreign empirical researches.
  优序融资理论在以信息不对称理论为中心的新资本结构理论中占有重要地位，并得到国外相关实证研究一定程度上的支持。
• The monkeys were housed in groups so they would naturally establish a pecking order from dominant to subordinate.
  由于一群猴子饲养在同一间房间中，因此它们很自然的建立起从上层到下属的取食顺序。
• Their taxes would leave the pecking order intact and envy undiminished.
  他们的税收将保持等级次序的完整性，羡慕也不会减少。
• A pecking order formed.
  于是一种强弱顺序就形成了。
• Parental authority still has some meaning. But, unlike conventional family holidays, I am at the bottom of the pecking order.
  父母的权威还是管点用的。但是，与传统的家庭假日不同，我排在权力等级的最低部。
• Viewing the entrepreneurs and banks by graphic solution, the paper analyses the pecking order theory.
  本文从逆向选择角度，利用图解及数学模型分析解释了企业优序融资理论。
• At the very least a new pecking order appears to be forming.
  最起码，新的等级排序似乎正在逐渐成型。
• This year, however, the pecking order has been reversed.
  然而，今年的权力等级发生了转变。