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

• 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。
• 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。
• This year, however, the pecking order has been reversed.
  然而，今年的权力等级发生了转变。
• 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。
• 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。
• Therefore, study on application of pecking order theory in listed mining companies has important practical significance.
  因此，对矿业上市公司的融资优序问题研究具有十分重要的现实意义。
• A pecking order formed.
  于是一种强弱顺序就形成了。
• Taking an important place in new capital structure theory centered with asymmetry of information, pecking order theory gains support from relative foreign empirical researches.
  优序融资理论在以信息不对称理论为中心的新资本结构理论中占有重要地位，并得到国外相关实证研究一定程度上的支持。
• 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。
• At the very least a new pecking order appears to be forming.
  最起码，新的等级排序似乎正在逐渐成型。