名詞 hierarchy:

1. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
2. the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
   同義詞：power structure, pecking order

1. One who occupies a position of authority in a religious hierarchy.
   祭祀長(zhǎng)，高僧，大主教掌握高級(jí)職位或有權(quán)威的宗教領(lǐng)袖
2. It's not as if he was very important in the company hierarchy.
   他在公司的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層中似乎無(wú)多大權(quán)力。

hi.er.ar.chy

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 hi.er.ar.chies
A body of persons having authority.
統(tǒng)治集團(tuán)：掌握權(quán)威的一群人

Categorization of a group of people according to ability or status.
劃分，區(qū)分，分等級(jí)：根據(jù)能力或地位對(duì)人進(jìn)行分類(lèi)
The group so categorized.
等級(jí)森嚴(yán)的組織：按上述辦法劃分的集團(tuán)
A series in which each element is graded or ranked:
等次：分等級(jí)或次序的一系列事物：
例句：
put honesty first in her hierarchy of values.
把誠(chéng)實(shí)放在她自己的價(jià)值等次的首要地位

A body of clergy organized into successive ranks or grades with each level subordinate to the one above.
教士團(tuán)：分等級(jí)的教士集團(tuán)，每一級(jí)以屬于上一級(jí)的組織
Religious rule by a group of ranked clergy.
按教士等級(jí)實(shí)行的宗教統(tǒng)治
One of the divisions of angels.
天使的級(jí)別或等級(jí)

來(lái)源：
Middle English ierarchie
中古英語(yǔ) ierarchie
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Medieval Latin hierarchia
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) hierarchia
from Greek hierarkhia [rule of a high priest]
源自 希臘語(yǔ) hierarkhia [大主教的統(tǒng)治]
from hierarkhôs [high priest] * see hierarch
源自 hierarkhôs [大主教] *參見(jiàn) hierarch