新聞美語即時通 hierarchy 等級制，階層

今天我們要學的詞是 hierarchy. Hierarchy is spelled H-I-E-R-A-R-C-H-Y, hierarchy.

hierarchy 的意思是等級制，階層。Millennials in Asia say they are benefitting from remote working by not only getting extra hours for more rest or pursuing hobbies, but also escaping from the constraints of traditional work culture hierarchy. 亞洲的千禧一代表示，他們享受到遠程工作的好處，不僅有了更多時間用來休息或發展個人愛好，而且還擺脫了傳統的等級制工作文化的束縛。

The U.S. Constitution did not create a hierarchy of government in which the federal government is the highest, states second, and county and municipal governments are at the bottom, but instead set up a way in which the states could join together and provide for certain needs that individual states could not fulfill on their own. 美國憲法並沒有建立聯邦政府高高在上，各州其次，縣市政府墊底的政府等級制度，而是建立了各州可以聯合起來為無法滿足某些需要的單個州提供幫助的方式。

好的，我們今天學習的詞是 hierarchy, hierarchy, hierarchy ...（新聞美語即時通是由美國之音和中廣新聞網聯合製播，節目內容歡迎到中廣新聞網youtube收看收聽）