hierarchy
hierarchy 英 [ˈhaɪərɑ:ki] 美 [ˈhaɪərɑrki]
n. 层级；等级制度
名词复数:hierarchies
- Hierarchy describes a system that organizes or ranks things, often according to power or importance. At school the principal is at the top of the staff hierarchy, while the seniors rule the student hierarchy.
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- n. 层级；等级制度
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1. the social hierarchy, the political hierarchy
社会╱政治等级制度
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2. She's quite high up in the management hierarchy.
她位居管理层要职。
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3. a hierarchy of needs
不同层次的需要
- hierarchy (n.) late 14c., jerarchie, ierarchie, "rank in the sacred order; one of the three divisions of the nine orders of angels;" loosely, "rule, dominion," from Old French ierarchie (14c., Modern French hiérarchie), from Medieval Latin hierarchia "ranked division of angels" (in the system of Dionysius the Areopagite), from Greek hierarkhia "rule of a high priest," from hierarkhes "high priest, leader of sacred rites," from ta hiera "the sacred rites" (neuter plural of hieros "sacred;" see ire) + arkhein "to lead, rule" (see archon). Sense of "ranked organization of persons or things" first recorded 1610s, initially of clergy, sense probably influenced by higher.
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