pecking order (群体中的)尊卑秩序，权势等级，社会等级，任何团体中之长幼尊卑次序

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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。

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。