The bird kept pecking at the hive.

小鸟不断地啄着蜂房。

Several fat brown chickens were pecking their way around the yard.

几只褐色的肥鸡在院子里啄食。

They work out the pecking order themselves.

它们自己有啄食顺序。

Power also affects those lower down the pecking order.

权力也会影响那些地位较低的人。

No pecking order exists among the cubs at the carcass.

啃食尸体的幼崽之间不存在啄食顺序。

Your bone marrow has like a hierarchy and pecking order.

你的有等级和社群等级。

" That's a lie! Oh, lor! " cried the parrot, pecking at Laurie's toes.

“哦，上帝！那是谎言！”鹦鹉边叫边啄里的脚趾。

So, there is a definite pecking order in chickens.

所以鸡群中绝对存在啄食顺序。

She is privileged, cosseted and ready to hurt those below her in the pecking order.

妃在面对拒绝时傲慢地拖腔拉调，归根结底是一种虚张声势。

Well, pecking describes what chickens do with their beaks.

嗯，啄食描述的是鸡用它们的喙所做的事情。

Those at the top of the pecking order actually have the least stressful and most healthy lives.

实际上处于社会层的人们承受的压力最小，生活最健康。

The more important you are, the higher in the pecking order you are.

你越重要，你在等级排序中的位置就越。

In exchange, the suggestion went, he would help them keep their place in the pecking order.

作为交换，他提出，他会帮助他们保住自己的地位。

You're definitely top of the pecking order, aren't you?

你绝对在啄食顺序的顶端，不是吗？

And I've never really felt very motivated by pecking orders or by superchickens or by superstars.

我自己从来不会 通过挤兑他人或被他人挤兑而获得激励。

Well, lucky you! You're definitely top of the pecking order, aren't you? Because you are right!

好吧，你真幸运！你绝对是社会等级里的顶级，不是吗？因为你回答正确！

So Zeus set up the pecking as punishment.

所以宙斯将啄食作为惩罚。

" That hurts more than Polynesia's pecking! " he cried.

“这比波利尼西亚的啄还疼！”他哭了。

Are we looking here at one of the oldest of all status symbols; the expression of a social pecking order?

我们是否正面对着人类最古老的地位象征物品之一？代表着一个社会的尊卑秩序？

So chickens have an inbuilt, or if you like, an inherited hierarchy-that's where we get the term pecking order from.

鸡有一种天生的，也可以说是与生俱来的等级制度——啄序理论就是这么得来的。