a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body同义词:power structure, pecking order
例句
One who occupies a position of authority in a religious hierarchy.祭祀长,高僧,大主教掌握高级职位或有权威的宗教领袖
It's not as if he was very important in the company hierarchy.他在公司的领导层中似乎无多大权力。
详细解释
hi.er.ar.chy n.(名词)【复数】hi.er.ar.chies A body of persons having authority.统治集团:掌握权威的一群人 Categorization of a group of people according to ability or status.划分,区分,分等级:根据能力或地位对人进行分类The group so categorized.等级森严的组织:按上述办法划分的集团A series in which each element is graded or ranked:等次:分等级或次序的一系列事物:例句:put honesty first in her hierarchy of values.把诚实放在她自己的价值等次的首要地位 A body of clergy organized into successive ranks or grades with each level subordinate to the one above.教士团:分等级的教士集团,每一级以属于上一级的组织Religious rule by a group of ranked clergy.按教士等级实行的宗教统治One of the divisions of angels.天使的级别或等级 来源:Middle English ierarchie 中古英语 ierarchie from Old French 源自 古法语 from Medieval Latin hierarchia 源自 中世纪拉丁语 hierarchia from Greek hierarkhia [rule of a high priest] 源自 希腊语 hierarkhia [大主教的统治] from hierarkhôs [high priest] * see hierarch 源自 hierarkhôs [大主教] *参见 hierarch