Echelon



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 组织系统中的等级, ( 军) 梯队

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French échelon, literally, rung of a ladder, from Old French eschelon, from eschele ladder, from Late Latin scala
• Date: 1796
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) an arrangement of a body of troops with its units each somewhat to the left or right of the one in the rear like a series of steps
    • (2) a formation of units or individuals resembling such an echelon <geese flying in echelon>
    • (3) a flight formation in which each airplane flies at a certain elevation above or below and at a certain distance behind and to the right or left of the airplane ahead
  • b. any of several military units in echelon formation; also any unit or group acting in a disciplined or organized manner <served in a combat echelon>
• 2.
  • a. one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity <involved employees at every echelon>
  • b. a group of individuals at a particular level or grade in an organization <the upper echelons of the bureaucracy>

II. verb

• Date: circa 1860
• transitive verb
  • to form or arrange in an echelon
• intransitive verb
  • to take position in an echelon

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