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Tier Seats Layer Level Top Cake N Count 可数名词

英语单词 tier
英美音标 [tiə(r)]
中文释义 n.列,行,排,层,等级
vt.使造成递升排列,使层叠
vi.成递升徘列
vocab简明 A tier is a level or a layer. If you sit in the top tier of seats at a concert, you can see the whole stage and most of the audience — but you probably have to climb lots of stairs.
vocab扩展 A tier can describe a layer of ruffles on a dress, a section of seats in a stadium, or one layer of a fancy cake. You could also talk about a tier in terms of value or position. For example, the most popular, well-known actors might be considered part of the top tier, getting all the best parts. Tier originated from the Old French word tire: rank, sequence, or order.
真题原句 Among the commission's 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]一排;一行;一列 A tier is a row or layer of something that has other layers above or below it.
  [oft N of n]
  • ...the auditorium with the tiers of seats around and above it.

    四周和上方有一排排座位的礼堂

  • Tier is also a combining form.(亦可用于构词)
    • ...a three-tier wedding cake.

      3层的结婚蛋糕

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](组织或系统的)层,级 A tier is a level in an organization or system.
  [oft N of n]
  • Islanders have campaigned for the abolition of one of the three tiers of municipal power on the island.

    岛上居民发起一场运动,要求废除岛上三级市政管理层中的一级。

  • Tier is also a combining form.(亦可用于构词)
    • ...the possibility of a two-tier system of universities.

      大学实行双重体制的可能性

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