A hierarchical system or organization is one in which people have different ranks or positions, depending on how important they are.
例句
...the traditional hierarchical system of military organization.軍事組織內(nèi)傳統(tǒng)的等級(jí)制度
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. 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"