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

• Financing pecking order and improvements in China ′ a listed mining companies
  我国上市矿业公司的融资悖论与完善措施
• 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。
• He knew his place in the pecking order
  他知道自己排老几。
• But as PR profits from advertising's difficulties, it is taking up a host of new stratagems& and seeking to move up the corporate pecking order.
  但由于公关的好处来自广告的疲软，它就要掌握大量新的计策，并将提高其在公司中的地位。
• 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。
• Evra's arrival also means John O'Shea and Kieran Richardson will be shunted down the pecking order.
  埃弗拉的到来还意味着奥谢以及理查德森将坐稳“冷板凳”。
• 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。
• A pecking order formed.
  于是一种强弱顺序就形成了。
• I've had several experiences where store clerks have ignored the person standing in line in front of me and tried to serve me first, because I assume I looked higher up on the pecking order.
  我曾在商店里有过几次这样的经历&大概因为我看上去显得社会地位更高，店员并未理睬排在我身前的顾客，而打算先为我服务。