Word of the Day：February 17, 2022
echelon
职业等级；阶层
noun [ˈeʃəˌlɑn]
What It Means
An echelon refers to a level in an organization or to a group of individuals at a particular level in an organization.
An echelon 指组织中的级别或特定级别的一群人。
ECHELON in Context
[Amy Schneider] is already the highest-earning female contestant in 'Jeopardy!' history and is the first transgender contestant to qualify for the 'Tournament of Champions' round. But she still has a ways to go before further cementing herself in the upper echelons of 'Jeopardy!' history.
The school's teams are now playing in a more competitive echelon.
学校的球队正在进行一场更具竞争力的分级比赛。
Did You Know?
Echelon comes from scala, a Latin word meaning "ladder" that is also the source of French eschelon, meaning "rung of a ladder." Over time, the French word came to mean "step," "grade," or "level." English borrowed the word and upped its meaning to "a level or category within an organization or group of people."
Echelon 来自拉丁语 scala，意为“ladder「梯子」”，也是法语 eschelon 的来源，意为“rung of ladder「阶级；阶梯」”。 之后这个法语单词有了“step「台阶；梯级」”、“grade「阶级」”或“level「水平；级别」”的含义。 英语借用了这个词并将其含义上升到“组织或人群中的级别或类别”。
Quiz
Fill in the blanks to complete a word for one of a series of levels in an ordered system: s _ _ _ t _ m.
stratum