pecking order

英 [ˈpekɪŋ ˈɔːdə(r)]

美 [ˈpekɪŋ ˈɔːrdər]

n.  啄序; (群体中的)尊卑秩序，权势等级

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （群体中的）尊卑秩序，权势等级
  The pecking orderof a group is the way that the positions people have are arranged according to their status or power within the group.
  1. He knew his place in the pecking order...
     他知道自己排老几。
  2. They both came from families fairly far down the social pecking order.
     他们两个都来自社会最底层的家庭。

英英释义

noun

• the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
  Synonym:hierarchypower structure

双语例句

• I've had several experiences where store clerks have ignored the person standing in line in front of me and tried to serve me first, because I assume I looked higher up on the pecking order.
  我曾在商店里有过几次这样的经历&大概因为我看上去显得社会地位更高，店员并未理睬排在我身前的顾客，而打算先为我服务。
• To clamber up the pecking order, some people slave away nights and weekends at the office.
  为了攀爬上更高的等级，一些人晚上和周末也在办公室苦干。
• But as PR profits from advertising's difficulties, it is taking up a host of new stratagems& and seeking to move up the corporate pecking order.
  但由于公关的好处来自广告的疲软，它就要掌握大量新的计策，并将提高其在公司中的地位。
• He started as a clerk but gradually rose in the pecking order.
  他刚开始是个职员，但慢慢地地位升高了。
• Viewing the entrepreneurs and banks by graphic solution, the paper analyses the pecking order theory.
  本文从逆向选择角度，利用图解及数学模型分析解释了企业优序融资理论。
• A new employee must always obey the pecking order, or he will get his superiors upset.
  新进员工必须遵守阶级顺序，否则会令上级不高兴。
• The pecking order continues to change.
  尊卑次序继续发生改变。
• In order to study financing behaviors of HTEE, this essay discusses the pecking order theory extensively, and carries out a questionnaires survey research of HTEE.
  为了研究高科技创业企业的融资行为，详细讨论了融资结构理论中的金融啄序理论，并在此基础上对高科技创业企业进行了问卷调查研究。
• This year, however, the pecking order has been reversed.
  然而，今年的权力等级发生了转变。
• This is much more of a problem for you than it is for him, as he is above you in the pecking order.
  这给你造成的问题比他大，因为他在公司的地位比你高。