1.【生】禽鸟强弱次序;社会等级
1.the order of power or importance within a group of people or animals
1.They also aspire to a higher place in society's pecking order, but in so doing force others in the rat race to run faster to keep up.
他们渴望能得到更高的社会地位，但这么做使得别人不得不在这场激烈的竞争中跑得更快来跟上他们。
2.At the bottom of the firm's pecking order, he had no say whatever in the matter.
他是公司最低层的员工，在这件事情上完全没有发言权。
3.Sebastian Giovinco has a galaxy of stars in front of him in the Juventus pecking order, but insists he's "not afraid of competition. "
在尤文图斯队中，排在塞巴斯蒂安。吉奥文科前面的有众多球星，但他坚称自己“并不害怕竞争。”
4.At the bottom of the company's pecking order, he had to listen to almost everyone.
他是公司最底层的员工，几乎要听从公司里每个人的差遣。
5.I said last season they could easily go out in the summer and buy another team, and they have to be in the pecking order now.
我上赛季说他们可以轻易地在转会期买下一支球队，他们现在也确实在这么做。
6.But it will bounce back into a global economy in the midst of a dramatic change in the pecking order.
但在国家实力排名发生剧变时它将重新回到全球经济怀抱。
7.In recent decades, evidence has piled up that human health and happiness is significantly affected by our place in the pecking order.
近几十年来，有越来越多的证据表明，一个人的社会地位会深深影响到他的健康与幸福。
8.The pecking order of winners and losers among the broadcasters will take a while to fathom.
要想透彻了解这些转播商中的胜败得失，得花些时间。
9.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。
10.When it comes to a food find like this, pecking order is strictly observed. The biggest bird gets the booty.
猎食的时候总是遵循这个严格的规律，体型最大的鸟得到战胜品。