hierarchy

noun

OPAL W

/ˈhaɪərɑːki/

/ˈhaɪərɑːrki/

(plural hierarchies)

[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。
- He joined the party in 1966 and quickly moved up the hierarchy.他 1966 年加入这个政党，很快就升到高层。
- She is above me in the hierarchy.她的级别比我高。
- There was a clear hierarchy of power in the company.公司内部权力等级分明。
- At the bottom of the corporate hierarchy are part-time low-paid workers.低薪兼职员工处于公司的最底层。
- In most large families there is a hierarchy of age, with the older siblings having more status.在大多数大家庭中，年龄是有等级的，年长的兄弟姐妹更有地位。
- Why does there need to be such a strict hierarchy within the church?为什么教会内部需要如此严格的等级制度？
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complex
- rigid
- strict
- …
verb + hierarchy
- create
- develop
- establish
- …
hierarchy + verb
- be based on something
preposition
- in a/the hierarchy
- within a/the hierarchy
- hierarchy of
- …
phrases
- somebody’s level, position, status, etc. in a hierarchy
[countable + singular or plural verb] the group of people in control of a large organization or institution统治集团
- It was on orders from the party hierarchy that she dropped the investigation.她是奉政党高层的命令放弃调查的。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complex
- rigid
- strict
- …
verb + hierarchy
- create
- develop
- establish
- …
hierarchy + verb
- be based on something
preposition
- in a/the hierarchy
- within a/the hierarchy
- hierarchy of
- …
phrases
- somebody’s level, position, status, etc. in a hierarchy
[countable] (formal) a system that ideas or beliefs can be arranged into according to their importance层次体系
- a hierarchy of needs不同层次的需要

词源late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’, from hieros ‘sacred’ + arkhēs ‘ruler’. The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th cent.

词汇	hierarchy
释义	hierarchy noun OPAL W /ˈhaɪərɑːki/ /ˈhaɪərɑːrki/ (plural hierarchies) [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。 He joined the party in 1966 and quickly moved up the hierarchy.他 1966 年加入这个政党，很快就升到高层。 She is above me in the hierarchy.她的级别比我高。 There was a clear hierarchy of power in the company.公司内部权力等级分明。 At the bottom of the corporate hierarchy are part-time low-paid workers.低薪兼职员工处于公司的最底层。 In most large families there is a hierarchy of age, with the older siblings having more status.在大多数大家庭中，年龄是有等级的，年长的兄弟姐妹更有地位。 Why does there need to be such a strict hierarchy within the church?为什么教会内部需要如此严格的等级制度？ Collocations Dictionaryadjective complex rigid strict … verb + hierarchy create develop establish … hierarchy + verb be based on something preposition in a/the hierarchy within a/the hierarchy hierarchy of … phrases somebody’s level, position, status, etc. in a hierarchy [countable + singular or plural verb] the group of people in control of a large organization or institution统治集团 It was on orders from the party hierarchy that she dropped the investigation.她是奉政党高层的命令放弃调查的。 Collocations Dictionaryadjective complex rigid strict … verb + hierarchy create develop establish … hierarchy + verb be based on something preposition in a/the hierarchy within a/the hierarchy hierarchy of … phrases somebody’s level, position, status, etc. in a hierarchy [countable] (formal) a system that ideas or beliefs can be arranged into according to their importance层次体系 a hierarchy of needs不同层次的需要词源late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’, from hieros ‘sacred’ + arkhēs ‘ruler’. The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th cent.
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