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

• In reality, the bill raised a chilling prospect for debt investors: that in extreme situations the government could upend the traditional pecking order of the bankruptcy process.
  而事实上，这份法案让债券投资者看到了一个令其不寒而栗的前景：在极端情况下，政府有可能将传统的破产清算程序来个大倒转。
• 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。
• They prefer to enhance the clout and economic reach of state-backed companies at the top of the pecking order.
  他们更愿意扩大在行业中处于领先地位的国有企业的影响力和经济活动范围。
• New individuals should never be added to an existing colony, as they disrupt the pecking order.
  所以，最好不要添加新的个体到一个已经固定的群落中去，这有可能打乱原来固有的秩序。
• This year, however, the pecking order has been reversed.
  然而，今年的权力等级发生了转变。
• Parental authority still has some meaning. But, unlike conventional family holidays, I am at the bottom of the pecking order.
  父母的权威还是管点用的。但是，与传统的家庭假日不同，我排在权力等级的最低部。
• 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。
• Financing pecking order and improvements in China ′ a listed mining companies
  我国上市矿业公司的融资悖论与完善措施
• Harvey and Bob Weinstein founded Miramax and led the company into its 1990s heyday, when it shook up the Hollywood pecking order.
  哈维和鲍勃温斯坦创立了米拉麦克斯，带领公司进入1990年代的鼎盛期，并撼动了好莱坞的权势等级。
• A pecking order formed.
  于是一种强弱顺序就形成了。