[N-VAR 可变名词]等级制度 A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company.
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Like most other American companies with a rigid hierarchy, workers and managers had strictly defined duties...
和其他多数拥有严格等级制度的美国公司一样，这里的工人和管理人员都有界定严格的职责。
She rose up the Tory hierarchy by the local government route...
她通过地方政府的渠道在保守党的等级制度中一步步地晋升。
Even in the desert there was a kind of social hierarchy.
即便在沙漠中也存在某种社会等级制度。
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[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]（组织中的）掌权集团，统治集团 The hierarchy of an organization such as the Church is the group of people who manage and control it.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（思想、信仰的）等级体系，分级结构 A hierarchy of ideas and beliefs involves organizing them into a system or structure.
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...the notion of 'cultural imperialism' implies a hierarchy of cultures, some of which are stronger than others.
“文化扩张主义”意味着一种文化等级体系的存在，其中有些文化要比其他文化更强大。
Oxford
hier·archyAWL/ˈhaɪərɑːki; NAmEˈhaɪərɑːrki/noun(pluralhier·archies)1[countable , uncountable ]a system, especially in a society or an organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest 等级制度（尤指社会或组织）◆the social/political hierarchy社会╱政治等级制度◆She's quite high up in the management hierarchy.她位居管理层要职。2[countable + singular or plural verb ]the group of people in control of a large organization or institution 统治集团3[countable ]( formal) a system that ideas or beliefs can be arranged into 层次体系◆a hierarchy of needs不同层次的需要hierarchyhierarchieshier·archy/ˈhaɪərɑːki; NAmEˈhaɪərɑːrki/
1[countable, uncountable] a system of organization in which people or things are divided into levels of importance: a rigid social hierarchy She worked her way up through the corporate hierarchy to become president.2[countable] the most important and powerful members of an organization: the church hierarchy
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