echelon
echelon 英 [ˈeʃəlɒn] 美 [ˈeʃəlɑn]
n. 梯形；梯次编队；梯阵；阶层 vi. 形成梯队 vt. 排成梯队
名词复数:echelons
- An echelon is a stepped formation with objects arranged in a diagonal. Birds flying in a V shape create echelons so that they can draft behind each other and conserve energy — except for the guy up front, who’s super tired.
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- n. 梯形；梯次编队；梯阵；阶层
- vi. 形成梯队
- vt. 排成梯队
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1. The bloody attack drew condemnation from Israel's top political echelon.
血腥的袭击引起了以色列高级政治阶层的谴责。
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2. The big appetite for risk that existed in the upper echelon just two years ago is fading, the survey found, with around 44% of the country’s wealthiest looking to spread their risk.
该调查表明，两年前存在于富人阶层中的冒险精神正在衰退，中国最富有的人群中有44%正在想法分散他们的风险。
- echelon (n.) 1796, echellon, "step-like arrangement of troops," from French échelon "level, echelon," literally "rung of a ladder," from Old French eschelon, from eschiele "ladder," from Late Latin scala "stair, slope," from Latin scalae (plural) "ladder, steps," from PIE *skand- "to spring, leap" (see scan (v.)). Sense of "level, subdivision" is from World War I.
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