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

• This is much more of a problem for you than it is for him, as he is above you in the pecking order.
  这给你造成的问题比他大，因为他在公司的地位比你高。
• 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。
• He knew his place in the pecking order
  他知道自己排老几。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 new employee must always obey the pecking order, or he will get his superiors upset.
  新进员工必须遵守阶级顺序，否则会令上级不高兴。
• 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。