Like most other American companies with a rigid hierarchy, workers and managers had strictly defined duties.

和其他多数拥有严格等级制度的美国公司一样，这里的工人和管理人员都有界定严格的职责。

She rose up the Tory hierarchy by the local government route.

她通过地方政府的渠道在保守党的等级制度中一步步地晋升。

Even in the desert there was a kind of social hierarchy.

即便在沙漠中也存在某种社会等级制度。

...the notion of 'cultural imperialism' implies a hierarchy of cultures, some of which are stronger than others. [+ of]

“文化扩张主义”意味着一种文化等级体系的存在，其中有些文化要比其他文化更强大。