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

• Amongst that top cadre of US schools the pecking order is also changing.
  在美国的顶级商学院中，毕业生薪金的排名情况也在发生变化。
• Harvey and Bob Weinstein founded Miramax and led the company into its 1990s heyday, when it shook up the Hollywood pecking order.
  哈维和鲍勃温斯坦创立了米拉麦克斯，带领公司进入1990年代的鼎盛期，并撼动了好莱坞的权势等级。
• 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。
• This is much more of a problem for you than it is for him, as he is above you in the pecking order.
  这给你造成的问题比他大，因为他在公司的地位比你高。
• 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。
• It's a good idea to get the names, titles and pecking order of panel members.
  事先了解面试团成员的名字、头衔、级别排序是大有裨益的。
• In order to study financing behaviors of HTEE, this essay discusses the pecking order theory extensively, and carries out a questionnaires survey research of HTEE.
  为了研究高科技创业企业的融资行为，详细讨论了融资结构理论中的金融啄序理论，并在此基础上对高科技创业企业进行了问卷调查研究。
• He started as a clerk but gradually rose in the pecking order.
  他刚开始是个职员，但慢慢地地位升高了。
• A new employee must always obey the pecking order, or he will get his superiors upset.
  新进员工必须遵守阶级顺序，否则会令上级不高兴。