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单词 hierarchical
释义 hi·er·ar·chi·cal
\-kə̇kəl, -kēk-\ adjective
or hi·er·ar·chic \-kik, -kēk\
Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French hierarchique, from Medieval Latin hierarchicus, from hierarchia + Latin -icus -ic, -ical
1. : of, relating to, or controlled by a religious hierarchy
 < the liturgy of the mass presupposes … the hierarchical order of church and society corresponds to the divine hierarchy — Jacob Taubes >
2.
 a. : of an authoritarian or aristocratic character : stratified
  < although the hierarchical federal arrangement is typical, there are many organizations which are unitary — D.D.McKean >
  < only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art — Partisan Review >
 b. : having the power to control : influential
  < a denial … due to pressure from a political or hierarchical source interfering with the due course of judicial proceedings — M.R.Cohen >
3. : of or relating to a classification of people according to artistic, social, economic, or other criteria
 < a hierarchical feeling has grown up in Italy about the standings of the artists — R.M.Coates >
 < the hierarchical status of a child in relation to other members of the family — Norman Cameron >
 < the tailor, department head, and floor supervisor were summoned, appealed to, and appalled in hierarchic succession — Marvin Barrett >
4. : of, relating to, or constituting a related series : sequential
 < the hierarchical arrangement of cultures constructed by the 19th century anthropologists — Henry Orenstein >
hi·er·ar·chi·cal·ly \-kə̇k(ə)lē, -kēk-, -li\ adverb
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