名词

1. 等级制度
A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company.

2. （组织中的）掌权集团，统治集团
The hierarchy of an organization such as the Church is the group of people who manage and control it.

3. （思想、信仰的）等级体系，分级结构
A hierarchy of ideas and beliefs involves organizing them into a system or structure.

1. the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

Synonym: power structurepecking order

2. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system

e.g. put honesty first in her hierarchy of values