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tier

noun
🔊/tɪə(r)/
🔊/tɪr/
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  1. a row or layer of something that has several rows or layers placed one above the other级；阶；层
    • a wedding cake with three tiers三层的结婚蛋糕
    • in tiers The seating is arranged in tiers.座位是一级级排列的。🔊🔊
  2. one of several levels in an organization or a system阶层；等级
    • We have introduced an extra tier of administration.我们额外增加了一层管理。🔊🔊
    • a two-tier system of management两级管理制
    • the lower tier of government下层政府
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French tire ‘sequence, order’, from tirer ‘elongate, draw’.