Hierarchy



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 阶层; 等级制度
• ［英］ n. 阶层;等级制度 ( a system of ranks)
• ［记］ hier ( 神圣) +archy ( 统治) -> 僧侣统治 -> 等级制度
• ［同］ 同根词: hieratic ( 僧侣的) ; hieron ( 圣地)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -chies)

• Etymology: Middle English ierarchie rank or order of holy beings, from Anglo-French jerarchie, from Medieval Latin hierarchia, from Late Greek, from Greek hierarchēs
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a division of angels
• 2.
  • a. a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it; especially the bishops of a province or nation
  • b. church government by a hierarchy
• 3. a body of persons in authority
• 4. the classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standing; also the group so classified
• 5. a graded or ranked series <a hierarchy of values>

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