- [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） Extra ExamplesHe 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？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complex
- rigid
- strict
- …
- create
- develop
- establish
- …
- be based on something
- in a/the hierarchy
- within a/the hierarchy
- hierarchy of
- …
- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complex
- rigid
- strict
- …
- create
- develop
- establish
- …
- be based on something
- in a/the hierarchy
- within a/the hierarchy
- hierarchy of
- …
- 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
Word Originlate 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.