echelons
梯队,阶梯,梯级,梯次
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Definitions
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- : a level of command, authority, or rank: After years of service, she is now in the upper echelon of city officials.
- : a level of worthiness, achievement, or reputation: studying hard to get into one of the top echelon colleges.
- : Military. a formation of troops, ships, airplanes, etc., in which groups of soldiers or individual vehicles or craft are arranged in parallel lines, either with each line extending to the right of the one in front or with each line extending to the left of the one in front , so that the whole presents the appearance of steps.
- : Military. one of the groups of a formation so arranged.
- : Archaic. any structure or group of structures arranged in a steplike form.
- : Also called echelon grating. Spectroscopy. a diffraction grating that is used in the resolution of fine structure lines and consists of a series of plates of equal thickness stacked in staircase fashion.
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- : to form in an echelon.
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Examples
Baron has worked in the upper echelons of newsrooms throughout his career.
Arguably, the more truly premium stuff that gets produced by Hollywood for streaming — in other words, the more these services represent the higher echelon of Hollywood — the better it is for us.
The industry commonly recycles ideas, and designers from its lowest ranks to its upper echelons look to the past for tomorrow’s concepts.
At the upper echelons of the sport, where every move counts, there’s pressure on athletes to do all they can to make themselves stronger, while also getting smaller and lighter.
The highest echelon of TikTokers can charge up to $200,000 per post, but those who have follower counts in the range of 1 million to 5 million typically charge between $5,000 and $15,000.
Are you allowed to write about battle from the rear echelon?
The film is going to be a huge critical and commercial hit, vaulting Stoller into the upper echelon of Hollywood comedy directors.
Mississippi also moves out of the lower echelon solidly improving to 41st from 46th on its rock-bottom costs.
To Connolly and Morris, Bulger was a TE, or top-echelon informant, the highest designation in the Bureau for a snitch.
But as part of that top echelon of defense officials, Diskin participated in almost all the meetings where Iran was discussed.
They did a lazy circle of the room, swung into an echelon and performed a slow chandelle, before dropping into Bobby's hand.
I couldn't quite see the stratified society outlined by Scholar Phelps as holding a position open for her in the top echelon.