food chain

noun

/ˈfuːd tʃeɪn/

(usually the food chain)

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a series of living creatures in which each type of creature feeds on the one below it in the series食物鏈
- Insects are fairly low down (on) the food chain.在食物鏈中，昆蟲是級别相當低的生物。
- Pesticides work their way up the food chain from plants, through insects and birds to humans.殺蟲劑在食物鏈中從植物、昆蟲和鳥類到人類一路攀升。
- efforts to ensure that dioxins do not enter the food chain爲確保二惡英不進入食物鏈的努力
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(informal) a system or structure in which the people or organizations that are part of it are seen as having different levels of importance, success, etc.食物鏈：一個系統或結構，其中的人員或組織被視爲具有不同程度的重要性，成功等。
- These guys are at the top of the food chain when it comes to earnings.這些人在收入方面處於食物鏈的頂端。
the series of stages that food passes along as it goes from being grown or produced to being sold and then eaten 食物鏈：食物從種植或生産到出售再食用的整個過程
- They are focused on ensuring that contaminated crops do not enter the food chain.他們致力於確保受污染的作物不會進入食物鏈。