classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers;
"it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art" "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The federal judiciary is hierarchical.联邦司法体系是分等级的。
All state judiciaries are hierarchical, like the federal system.各州的司法机构都象联邦体系一样分等级的。
Congress is a collegial and not a hierarchical body.国会是一个学院式的机构，而不是一个等级制度的机构。
