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

• It's a good idea to get the names, titles and pecking order of panel members.
  事先了解面试团成员的名字、头衔、级别排序是大有裨益的。
• 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 order to study financing behaviors of HTEE, this essay discusses the pecking order theory extensively, and carries out a questionnaires survey research of HTEE.
  为了研究高科技创业企业的融资行为，详细讨论了融资结构理论中的金融啄序理论，并在此基础上对高科技创业企业进行了问卷调查研究。
• 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。
• He knew his place in the pecking order
  他知道自己排老几。
• 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 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。
• New individuals should never be added to an existing colony, as they disrupt the pecking order.
  所以，最好不要添加新的个体到一个已经固定的群落中去，这有可能打乱原来固有的秩序。
• 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。
• Financing pecking order and improvements in China ′ a listed mining companies
  我国上市矿业公司的融资悖论与完善措施